As data centers pop up across the nation, Americans have significant concerns that span political and climate-related perspectives.

Regardless of their views on politics or climate change, most Americans oppose the development of data centers in their communities.

These large buildings filled with computers that store and process digital information, increasingly to support various applications of artificial intelligence, are being built rapidly across the United States. They can bring economic investment and jobs, but the pollution created by generating the electricity they need can also harm public health, pollute air, use up water, create noise and raise energy costs.

Originally published on theconversation.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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