Meta says election backlash and public concern about AI could make it harder to build data centers. The company hopes to win communities over by covering costs, supporting local workers, and funding public services. Meta says its data-center computing power will still be valuable, even if its AI products don’t reach billions of users.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/metas-warns-that-election-backlash-against-data-centers-could-make-ai-expansion-harder/
