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Backlash growing against AI data centers

Protests were held from coast-to-coast in dozens of states Saturday with an issue uniting Americans across the political divide.

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Surveillance Centers
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water for people not machines.
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No AI.
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💯 agree. Billionaires do not get our water or electric, and have no right to force us to pay for them
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No data centers. Get the ones already built dismantled. No to AI, NO to data centers. Erin is in on the drive against data centers. I dont want regulations, I dont want data centers
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@ahunt1054 From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 12
The jobs are temporary at best. Once the centers are built they only employ a small number of people. They are storage facilities. They hide behind the power companies. Mississippi Power gave my family a low ball bid for a portion of our land to build power line towers for “large load customers”. That’s code for data centers. Their are 4 scheduled to be built in 2027.
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@errigr From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 6
Awesome. Keep it up everyone. We need more oversight for these tech companies.
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Wake up We the People
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What good are Data Centers if citizens don't have water to live or can afford electricity.
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GOOD STOP IT — SAY NO TO DATA CENTERS
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We need clean air and water NOT DATA CENTERS, and data centers are going to provide very few jobs,,,
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They tell people to not use aircon because the world will end but every country putting up hundreds of power hungry data centres is A OK
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This is what must be done . There is no red and blue . It’s us against data centers
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Unity over division, how beautiful ❤️🌎🕊️
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Now this is something worth protesting.
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AI is destroying our environments and is taking away jobs. Data centers need to go
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@nandao-LPB From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 59
We don't need AI, we have survived without it.
We have water shortages all over as it is.
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Finally, something we can all agree on. Strength in numbers!
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@judykay769 From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 33
Real problem in AZ too!! Homes are cut but not data centers for water
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To flaming hell with data centers and the out of control billionaires who force them on us.