Carlo CocuzziAI Expert, Pod Cast Host, Real Estate Investor and Funding Specialist

Why Data Centers Are Facing Massive Resistance | MOONSHOTS

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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A Gallup poll shows 70% of Americans oppose data centers in their communities, with nearly half strongly opposed. The resistance has already blocked about 7 GW of proposed capacity. One speaker calls it irrational fear; the other sees it as a solvable PR problem.

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Some residents said that they'd rather live near a nuclear plant than a data center. So a Gallup poll found that 70% of Americans oppose data center construction in their community. Nearly half strongly oppose them. Main concerns: rising electricity costs, water usage, environmental damage. This is a not-in-my-backyard problem that needs to be addressed. You know, we've just either stopped or delayed 7 gigawatts of data centers. Nearly half of the data centers being proposed. It's a real challenge.
The information is nonsensical, and this is proof positive that people will freak out about anything that they don't understand. That's a change that's coming to their neighborhood. The solution is some combination of PR and education and making it a smooth thing. And it's just such a solvable problem if you put some budget and energy and thinking behind it. The idea that you would rather live next to a nuclear power plant Instead of a data center, which you would never even know it was there. It's not taking your water. I promise you, it's not taking your water.