WSJ Op-Ed: Data Center Moratoriums are the New Fracking Bans

MDN was among the first to tell readers that so-called environmental groups were quickly morphing from anti-fracking to anti-data center. Over the past three months, we’ve observed in various posts how opposition to data centers (from the same people who oppose fracking and shale energy) has gone from local and regional anti groups (see More Evidence that PA’s Anti-Frackers are Now Anti-Data Center and Antis in Ohio Join the Chorus Bashing AI Data Centers) to national groups (see 200 Enviro Groups Want Freeze on Building ALL New Data Centers). The usual bought-and-paid-for suspects in Congress have joined the cause, blaming data centers for high electricity costs and calling for the construction of all-new data centers to be blocked (see Congressional Dems Blame AI Data Centers for High Electric Prices). An op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal echoes our observations. The title of the op-ed: "They’re Coming for Our Data Centers."

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