The Economist challenges US backlash against data centres
Shashank Joshi argues that opposition to data centres in America is misguided, though the available source material gives no further detail on the dispute.
The Economist has argued that opposition to data centres in the United States is misguided, placing the sector at the centre of a growing public and political backlash.
The assessment appears in the publication’s “Checks and Balance” newsletter, published on 5 September. It is presented by Shashank Joshi, The Economist’s Washington bureau chief.
The source material does not identify the groups involved, the locations of affected projects or the policies driving the opposition. It also does not set out Joshi’s reasoning or provide details on the scale of the backlash.
The characterisation remains an opinion attributed to Joshi and The Economist, rather than an independently established conclusion. Further evidence would be needed to assess the effects of the dispute on data-centre development, markets or policy.
