A Gallup poll found that seven out of 10 Americans said they would oppose a data center being built near them.

Opposition is so intense, the poll found, that more Americans would rather live near a nuclear power plant than a data center. https://t.co/I7zBGErqlP

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 13, 2026

Watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hr shift at human performance levels. This is fully autonomous running Helix-02 https://t.co/IdZR0T1F5I

— Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett) May 13, 2026

Walmart is selling you an unprofitable TV that watches everything you do and reports it back to their $6.4 billion advertising machine.

And the TV literally won't turn on until you give them permission.

This is one of the most sophisticated consumer surveillance operations in… pic.twitter.com/HZRLDULEoJ

— Ricardo (@Ric_RTP) May 13, 2026

CEO's learning AI will cost more than human workers after firing 25% of their workforce https://t.co/PM5E6lVB4O pic.twitter.com/onMi6ikEJr

— Sahil (@sahill_og) May 15, 2026

Utah residents push back after Kevin O’Leary’s data center plan turns out to be 40,000 acres, not 40,000 square feet pic.twitter.com/8PQYqN1B3t

— Sigurdur Nordal https://phronesispartners.group/ (@essenviews) May 15, 2026

Is there a reason this keeps happening? Not this message getting booed but why universities think graduates want to listen to this. https://t.co/MNNcYiKIMY

— 10 WIN VANDERBILT (@anchorofgold) May 17, 2026

We're in a weird era where a guy gets publicly shamed for running his sprinklers on a Tuesday, while a data center the size of a Costco quietly drains a reservoir so AI can generate a picture of your cat as a medieval knight. And the data center gets a tax incentive for it.

— 𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 (@OrevaZSN) May 17, 2026

Sales pitch seems to be:

“Your livelihood will be stripped from you and we need your electricity and water to accomplish this task.”

Who runs marketing and PR? 🤣😂 https://t.co/oXNLDzZA8M

— Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) May 17, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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Sales pitch seems to be:

“Your livelihood will be stripped from you and we need your electricity and water to accomplish this task.”

Who runs marketing and PR? 🤣😂 https://t.co/oXNLDzZA8M

— Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) May 17, 2026

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This is an IQ test https://t.co/AZQrKYPRFZ

— Silicon Valley Fodder (@Playerinthgame) May 17, 2026