Data Center Boom Reshapes U.S. Construction as Public Sentiment Sours
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Summary
The U.S. is experiencing a massive boom in data center construction, with over 3,000 operational centers and more than 1,500 under development. These facilities now account for 2.3% of total U.S. construction spending, driven largely by the rapid expansion of AI companies building server warehouses for large language models. However, public sentiment is turning negative, as evidenced by a recent Gallup poll. The article outlines seven lesser-known effects of this data center proliferation across the country.
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Data centers now make up 2.3% of total U.S. construction spending.
A Gallup poll released in May found...
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