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AI data center boom hits growing resistance as $68 billion in US projects are blocked or delayed

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A hot potato: Data center developers are facing stronger resistance as they try to add capacity for AI workloads across the United States. The pushback is delaying or blocking projects worth tens of billions of dollars and prompting states and local governments to scrutinize their power, water and land-use demands. As the AI buildout accelerates, community opposition is becoming a material obstacle to the industry's ability to add computing capacity at the pace it wants.

Local opposition blocked or delayed 45 data center projects valued at $68 billion during the second quarter, according to Data Center Watch, a research initiative from AI intelligence company 10a Labs. The affected projects accounted for more than half of the large-scale data center developments the group began tracking during the period.

The disputes are centered on the...

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