AI data center backlash reaches Silicon Valley's doorstep

Name: AI data center backlash reaches Silicon Valley's doorstep
Uploaded: 2026-09-18T00:38:14.000Z
Duration: 5 min 14 s
Description: Residents and environmental groups in San Jose are organizing against multiple proposed data center projects. City officials are actively courting these developments to position San Jose as a key hub for AI infrastructure, leading to community backlash.

News Clip5:14Reuters·San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA·9/18/2026

Residents and environmental groups in San Jose are organizing against multiple proposed data center projects. City officials are actively courting these developments to position San Jose as a key hub for AI infrastructure, leading to community backlash.

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In Silicon Valley's biggest city, residents and environmental groups are organizing against a wave of proposed data center projects that officials have courted ‌in a bid to position the city as a hub for AI infrastructure. Nichola Groom reports.

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