cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/50268143
July 18, 2026
Summary:
- Organizers demand transparency, resource safeguards, community benefits and developer accountability
- Only 14% back an AI data center in their community, June Reuters/Ipsos poll showed
- Texas hosted 18 protests, the most of any state
- Turnout lower than expected at some rallies, local organizers say
I work with health data.
You want datacenters. Believe me you really want them. You don’t want resources wasted on Ai, but this protest is about killing datacenters, and there is a baby in that bathwater.
Can you point out the baby? I’m pretty sure the overwhelming majority of these are “ai”.