Stop banning data centers while binging Netflix and using ChatGPT

Data centers have become essential national infrastructure powering everything from banking systems to healthcare, government services, and platforms like ChatGPT and Facebook. Yet public discourse and the Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) movement increasingly frame them as environmental liabilities.  That sentiment is now

The Birmingham shelter says it is not against data centers but wants transparency, due diligence and proper approvals for a project planned near its new facility

A rendering of Nebius' data center project in Birmingham. Nebius An Alabama animal shelter is suing to block a massive AI data center project in Birmingham. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society alleges the city and developers bypassed zoning rules. AI data centers have been drawing pushback from communities across th