Public comments don't always match America's true sentiment, but our nation is clearly at a fever pitch of data center opposition.
Even isolating for only meetings with any supporters, they were outnumbered 6:1.
Comments naming each company. An AI lab's bar counts the lab or its founder, and in a lighter shade, comments that name only its chatbot.
Counties are grouped by their 2024 presidential vote; heavily means a 15-point margin or more. Heavily Republican counties raise land and community character more, heavily Democratic ones climate change and unfairness to poorer areas. The multiplier is how many times more often one side raises a concern.
