Froma Harrop | Big tech's ugly data centers finally meet the opposition

The article discusses the growing opposition to large data center developments in rural American communities, using Wilmington, Ohio, as a prime example. Local residents, described as living in a "very Republican region marked by modest incomes," are reportedly against the construction of a 2-million-square-foot data center. This sentiment challenges the notion that such demographics would be "an easy sale to the tech companies hunting for places to plop their massive data centers." The author notes that these "ugly data centers" are finally facing significant pushback from communities.