The Growing Backlash Against Data Center Expansion

As tech companies worldwide invest heavily in the deployment of large-scale data centres to power advanced technologies, not everyone is so happy about the new phenomenon. Concerns over energy security and a prolonged reliance on fossil fuels are just two of the issues that are repeatedly coming up, as governments seek to better regulate the sector. In the United States, $64 billion in data centre projects have been blocked or delayed due to growing opposition. A Data Centre Watch report estimates that $18 billion worth of data centre projects…