Hate AI Data Centers? Big Tech’s New Ad Campaign Aims to Change Your Mind
If you’re part of the growing majority of Americans who oppose AI data centers, the US government and Big Tech have a message for you: Get over it.
The backlash against these massive AI server farms — notorious for guzzling energy and water — has been countered in recent days by aggressive public statements by President Donald Trump. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that local communities that don’t want data centers will end up “backwards and poor.” He went on to liken opposition to data centers to killing the “Golden Goose,” implying that we’re all to blame for blocking economic growth.
And billionaire tech leaders, who have been especially cozy with the current administration, are taking to the field with a massive advertising blitzto sway public opinion, especially as November’s midterm elections approach. A group called Build American AI, funded by the pro-AI political action...
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