Analysis of 10,000 US city council comments finds strong opposition to data centers

On November 2, Hacker News' front page covered an analysis of roughly 10,000 comments made at US city council meetings. It found strong opposition to data centers in public comments. At 73% of meetings no supporter spoke, and at meetings where supporters did speak, opponents outnumbered them 6 to 1. Water use was the top concern, and four in five comments did not mention AI. The report notes that city council public comments may not represent US opinion overall, so the results reflect attitudes in the comments analyzed, not the national distribution of public opinion.

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Not enough continuous observations to draw a trend yet.