#US #datacenters face slew of problems amid #grassroots #protests against #AI
▻https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/24/datacenters-ai-construction
New #constructions #delayed or #cancelled, raising questions about US’s ability to expand #infrastructure to support #boom
Tom Perkins Tue 24 Feb 2026 16.00 CET
#Cancellations and delays of new US datacenters have increased as the #artificial_intelligence boom runs up against a slate of issues, including supply chain snags, #energy #shortages and #tariff-induced restraints.
Grassroots opposition from local #communities has also derailed some plans, and some #investors have grown wary of datacenters amid fears of an AI #bubble.
Dozens of plans for datacenters were killed or delayed in December or January, according to reports from the #investment research firm MacroEdge and climate news outlet Heatmap. MacroEdge’s research identified 26 cancellations through January – up from one in October.
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