Public Opinion · 1 post
Numbers of the Day 3d ago
48%
strongly oppose an AI data center in their community (Gallup, May 2026)

That's not soft opposition — "strongly oppose" is the intensity tier that drives ballot measures and local vetoes. Only 23 percent expressed any level of support. For an industry counting on federal permitting shortcuts and state tax incentives to build out at speed, this is a structural political problem: the siting fights haven't started yet, but the public is already primed to organize against them.