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Americans living in rural areas are increasingly souring on data centers.In a new poll by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed people in August, half of rural Americans said data centers “are mostly bad for the environment” — a figure substantially higher than in January, when it sat at 32%.46%…
AI data centers have a branding problem, according to venture capitalist Gavin Baker.Baker is a longtime tech investor. He serves as managing partner and chief investment officer at the hedge fund Atreides Management, which has invested in multiple data center-related companies, such as Crusoe. On “The A16z Show,” he made…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Allen Cooley, photographer, director, and founder of Allen Cooley Photography, a commercial, beauty, and portrait studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been working professionally as a photographer since about 2006, and for most…
Is it a Chinese Psy-Op? Are Americans ignorant? Or are tech bros just completely out of touch?Tech leaders across the country are full of ideas about why Americans are in a furor against data centers, positing theories on social media that range from practical to patronizing.”Most explanations of why datacenters…
In a country that doesn’t tend to agree on anything, Americans are aligning on something: no data centers in their backyards.For all the growing anti-AI sentiment, the tech still has plenty of fans. The infrastructure powering it is a different story, though.A Gallup survey earlier this year found that 70%…
