Data centres were supposed to be a gift. In cities across the United States, more and more mayors are treating them like a problem.
With the midterm election season approaching, big tech’s promise of a windfall of jobs and tax revenue has given way to talk of polluting gas turbines, strained power grids and a growing sense that the AI revolution is being built on the backs of regular citizens.
The issue has grown large enough to reach the White House, where President Donald Trump this month assembled big tech companies to demand that they bear the…
