U.S. data center protests go national as backlash grows

Opponents of rapid data center buildouts are organizing coordinated protests across at least 125 locations throughout the United States this Saturday. This national effort, led by the grassroots group HumansFirst, aims to channel growing anger toward the expansion of AI infrastructure. Co-founded by a former Tea Party leader, the movement compares the current backlash against data centers to the right-wing populist protests of 2009, which targeted government overreach and excessive taxation within local politics.