Why are communities pushing back against data centers? — Harvard Gazette

Why are communities pushing back against data centers? — Harvard Gazette 

...... The public is concerned about rising electricity rates caused by data centers. They are concerned about the enormous water use that data centers require. They’re concerned about public handouts in the form of tax breaks that are going to data center developers, and they’re also aware that data centers don’t bring meaningful economic development, especially in the form of jobs.

I think the public is quite right to be concerned about data centers. My research and other research have shown that these are a bad deal for communities on the local level........


https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/why-are-communities-pushing-back-against-data-centers/ 

 

Why are communities pushing back against data centers? — Harvard Gazette