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The truth about California data centers — and what doomers won’t tell you

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Throughout California’s Bay Area, cities are haphazardly enacting short-term bans on the development of data centers to placate a sudden wave of public opposition on the left and the right.

On Oct. 6, San Francisco unanimously approved a 45-day ban. On Oct. 7, Oakland did exactly the same.

More cities will fall, like dominoes, because the panic over data centers is metastasizing.

The movement to stop data centers is perhaps understood as the ultimate NIMBY (“Not In My Back Yard”) cause. Politically, it is best defined as those who oppose data centers in their local area, which includes nearly 70% of Americans, according to Gallup.

Keep in mind, this is a very diverse cohort that opposes data centers for many different reasons.

Some are convinced AI will bring about the demise of the economy, and perhaps civilization itself.

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