# The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricity

Source: [Artificial intelligence – MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/09/1148194/the-backlash-about-data-centers-might-really-just-be-about-electricity/) · 2026-11-09 · AI
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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here . As voters went to the polls across the US last week, I was in Ashburn, Virginia, part of what’s known as Data Center Alley—the world’s…

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- [The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricity](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/09/1148194/the-backlash-about-data-centers-might-really-just-be-about-electricity/) — Artificial intelligence – MIT Technology Review, 2026-11-09

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