The national narrative around data centers AI infrastructure focuses on chips, memory, and models. Yet the most binding constraints are playing out at the local level: county commissions rejecting rezoning, utilities struggling to deliver power, residents pushing back over water usage and quality-of-life impacts.
This page tracks those local frictions when it comes to the hyper growth of AI data centers. These are the under-the-radar regulatory, technical, and community battles that are quietly reshaping the geography and pace of the AI buildout.
Here you can see the most common types of issues faced in localities. Click on an issue for more, or browse the most recent articles.
