Post by Rice Business

Data centers are making the material footprint of AI hard to ignore. A new analysis of the anti-data center movement finds that working-class communities are opposing proposed projects at a much higher rate than wealthier areas, and that local resistance is leading to real delays and cancellations. Research by Rice Business professor Tommy Pan Fang helps explain the strategy behind data center location decisions. Hyperscale data centers depend on access to energy infrastructure and low-cost real estate — conditions that are more commonly found in working-class areas. The result is a growing tension at the center of the AI economy. Read more on TechRadar. ➞ https://lnkd.in/eG8TFvsN