July 20, 2026

Data centre backlash goes national as protests hit 42 US states

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On Saturday, American opposition to data centres stopped being a scatter of zoning-board arguments and started behaving like a movement. More than 140 rallies across 42 states unfolded under a single banner, in what organisers billed as the first nat...