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The social license problem for large-scale AI infrastructure is moving from local controversy to national pattern.
Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro said publicly that too many data center developers "don't care about our communities." A Gallup survey released in May found that seven in 10 Americans oppose constructing data centers for artificial intelligence in their local area, a majority position that Shapiro's remarks reflect back at the industry.
Community acceptance has historically occupied a late and subordinate place in the data center development sequence. Power availability and land acquisition drive early site selection.
Community engagement, where it happens at all, tends to follow after those commitments are in place.
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