Summary:
- The article discusses the growing public and political resistance against the construction of large-scale data centers due to their significant energy and water consumption.
- It analyzes the tension between the infrastructure demands of the AI boom and the environmental/resource constraints faced by local communities.
- The author explores potential solutions, such as more efficient cooling technologies and the integration of data centers with renewable energy grids, to mitigate the "not in my backyard" (NIMBY) sentiment.