What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad
THE SO WHAT
Community pushback against hyperscale sites is now a global pattern, not a local nuisance—US projects are walking into playbooks refined in Ireland and New Zealand. If you depend on AI infra growth, track zoning, water, and power politics in your key regions as closely as you track GPU supply.
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