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The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricity
Publisher description: As voters went to the polls across the US last week, I was in Ashburn, Virginia, part of what’s known as Data Center Alley—the world’s largest data center hub. It’s also where…
MIT Technology Review | Nov 9, 2026 | James O'Donnell
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It’s accepted wisdom in Big Tech that the war against data centers must be about something bigger than just data centers themselves. There are two ways to power the sort of data center that AI companies want: connecting to the grid, or generating electricity onsite. The smallest data centers attractive for AI training are 300 megawatts.
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