Targeted Victory VP @LoganDobson reveals why 90% of data center opposition isn't about AI: they've become a physical manifestation of America's affordability crisis "@jasminewsun did an interview with Derek Thompson where he asked, how much of this is about people's feelings on AI or about AI companies? Her response was basically none." "Gallup had a survey out in May asking people, would you be in favor of or opposed to a data center in your community, and why not? Only 10% of people, so 90% of the concerns are not about AI or AI companies, but 10% said, oh, and I don't even think AI is a good thing." "If you're on X every day, the discussion is almost all about, these data centers are just the physical manifestation of AI. Some of these data centers being built are not even for AI. People are objecting to data centers being built for non-artificial intelligence purposes because they're data centers, because they feel like they will drive up prices." "If anything, data centers have become a physical manifestation of the affordability crisis. My groceries are too expensive, my car is too expensive, all the things that I buy have gone up in price, and you wanna build a data center in my community that's gonna jack up my electric bills?" "That is a much more likely occurring thing than people thinking, I have a philosophical objection to the creation of artificial intelligence, and therefore I will stop this data center in my community because it will slow it down." @TargetedVictory