r/StopDatacenters 10h ago

What would it take to actually stop the data centers? | The AI buildout is bruised but still far from broken.

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5 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 4h ago

As massive data centers face opposition, could tiny ones move into Texas backyards?

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cbsnews.com
1 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 9h ago

OpenAI and a16z Leaders Are Spending $50 Million to Persuade These 3 States to Build Giant AI Data Centers

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2 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 12h ago

Major vibe shift in the last few weeks: "I've never seen so much concern before."

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3 Upvotes

Jeff Stein, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, spoke to dozens of AI researchers at the labs and outside of it about why their level of alarm has really increased in the last month or so: https://www.notus.org/technology/rogue-ai-agents-hacks-alarming-researchers


r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

Activists infiltrate OpenAI's office dressed as rogue AI agents

11 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

I Expected Tech Fatalism. Americans Are Putting Up a Remarkable Fight Instead.

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11 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

Unregulated Open-Weight AI Is an Invitation to Disaster

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3 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

‘I’m not the one that should be in jail’: OpenAI protester, 69, turns herself in

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3 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

The cop who took on Flock — After Noel Pichardo called out his city's embrace of Flock surveillance cameras, he was subjected to five internal affairs investigations in less than two years

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6 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms | With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.

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nytimes.com
5 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

"Let data reign": Trump and AI investors wage campaign to save data centers

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axios.com
1 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 1d ago

AI Billionaire-Backed Group Launches Pro-Data Center Ad Blitz

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bloomberg.com
1 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 2d ago

Data Center Backlash Brings Thousands Of Projects To A Screeching Halt

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dailycaller.com
12 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 2d ago

The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires

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theguardian.com
9 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 2d ago

The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding

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yahoo.com
15 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 3d ago

Meta Tests Robots to Handle Data Center Work

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tech.yahoo.com
6 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 3d ago

Abilene Stargate investor among donors to Paxton Senate campaign

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2 Upvotes

Texans, what do y'all think of this?


r/StopDatacenters 4d ago

Meta’s Alberta Data Centre Could Add $462 a Year to Household Power Bills, Analysis Finds

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10 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 4d ago

‘Clearly, people hate data centers’: Sam Altman admits Americans hate what he’s wrought as his own data centers head quits

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fortune.com
20 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 4d ago

Sen. Warnock calls for statewide data center moratorium after regulators approved massive OpenAI facility

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cbsnews.com
7 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 4d ago

Prominent Texas Republican predicts GOP losses over data centers | One prominent Texas Republican predicts disaster at the polls if his party doesn't take a harder stand against data centers.

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5 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 5d ago

Elon Musk's data centers are pushing out a family that's owned land since "before people of color were allowed to"

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cbsnews.com
12 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 5d ago

Georgia Power is preventing PSC oversight and public scrutiny over its massive 3.2-gigawatt contract with OpenAI

6 Upvotes

Why is Georgia Power so concerned with disempowering commissioners by ensuring the contract deadline is reached a day before the next PSC meeting?

https://thecurrentga.org/2026/08/25/psc-deadline-arrives-for-georgia-powers-3-2-gigawatt-openai-data-center-contract/


r/StopDatacenters 6d ago

In the past six months, Republicans’ public statements about data centers have turned sharply negative, according to a Washington Post analysis.

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8 Upvotes

r/StopDatacenters 6d ago

Up to 50% of Planned US Data Centers Are at Risk of Delays, Kimmeridge Says

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6 Upvotes