The Bottleneck of Consent: How Local Backlash and Trust Deficits Stalled $130 Billion in AI Data Centers
By the Investigative Reporting Desk Published: Special Infrastructure & Technology Report Executive Overview The rapid, relentless expansion of the artificial intelligence economy is colliding with an immovable object: the American backyard. Across the United States, billions of dollars in planned data center investments are encountering fierce, organized, and increasingly effective local resistance. Rather than viewing…