News Summary

• 45 data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this year.
• Communities across the country are pushing through moratoriums on new construction.
• There are now 843 opposition groups across 49 states, with Hawaii the exception.
• President Donald Trump has dismissed opposition to data centers and concern about advances in AI as a "sick conspiracy""We anticipate that this will just become more prominent as data center development expands across the globe," said lead analyst Miquel Vila.