America on Data Centers

01America hates data centers.Public comments don't always match America's true sentiment, but our nation is clearly at a fever pitch of data center opposition.0273% of meetings had 0 data center supporters.Even isolating for only meetings with any supporters, they were outnumbered 6:1.03Water use was the #1 concern.88% of comments raise multiple concerns.04Distrust and transparency frequently come up.Accusations of corruption also frequently occur, but are overwhelmingly false.05Americans are skeptical about the offered community benefits.Many stated that they don't believe the proposed benefits will end up arriving.06Big Tech is called out 4.3x more than the AI labs.Comments naming each company. An AI lab's bar counts the lab or its founder, and in a lighter shade, comments that name only its chatbot.07Elon was mentioned as often as Altman, Thiel, Zuck, Bezos, Gates, and O'Leary combined.Highest net worth: Elon Musk. Lowest: Kevin O'Leary or Mustafa Suleyman.08AI isn't the leading concern in comments.Surprisingly, 4/5 comments don't mention AI at all.09Red and blue counties oppose at the same rate.Counties are grouped by their 2024 presidential vote; heavily means a 15-point margin or more. Heavily Republican counties raise land and community character more, heavily Democratic ones climate change and unfairness to poorer areas. The multiplier is how many times more often one side raises a concern.10Rural counties raise different concerns than urban and suburban ones.Rural commenters raise community character, farmland, and property rights more often. Urban and suburban commenters raise transparency, government distrust, air pollution, and utility bills more often.11Union workers are the only group that mostly supports data centers.Roles are what speakers said about themselves at the meeting. Union support is spread across 43 governments.12Data center discussions have risen 22× since 2022.Based on Prophecy Gov's internal data on 300,000+ local government council meetings.