Data center

A data center is a physical room, building, or facility for storing, managing, and disseminating data and information, including computer systems and associated components, housing IT infrastructure, and training artificial intelligence. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 defines a data center as "any facility that primarily contains electronic equipment used to process, store, and transmit digital information".

• I think it's pretty likely the entire surface of the earth will be covered with solar panels and data centers.
  • OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever quoted in "Quotes from AI leaders", biocomm (July 2021)

• It feels like these data center companies have just put a big target on our backs. We are all asking: Where are the people we elected who promised to protect us from these big corporations trying to steamroll us? The people who are supposed to be standing up and protecting us are standing down and caving.
  • Spokesperson Kyle Schmidt, leader of the opposition group Protect Sand Springs Alliance, quoted in "The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape", Washington Post (January 6, 2026)

• I’ve heard loud and clear from the good people of Pennsylvania as I’ve traveled our commonwealth, and I’m here to say today that we will not be bullied by these developers. We will not be bulldozed by the lawyers working for these big tech companies. That will not happen in the commonwealth. We have a long history in Pennsylvania of industry running roughshod over our communities to make a buck — that stops with me.
  • Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro quoted in "Gov. Josh Shapiro takes a hard line against ‘predatory’ data center developers in Pennsylvania", AOL (18 Aug 2026)

• If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant or a data center I would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous.
  • Donald Trump quoted in "Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races", AP News (August 20, 2026)

• The buildout of data centers is one essential part of the effort to construct a totalitarian capitalist society, which is already advancing.
  • Chris Hedges, How the Epstein Network Is Privatizing The Government & Building Out The Surveillance State (w/Whitney Webb), Scheerpost, (6 August 2026)

• The technology industry, the builders...have to do a much better job working with the communities to get prepared for this AI infrastructure build-out. It is also the case this is the first time in probably the last century that we're able to invest in sustainable energy, invest in improving our energy grid, securing our energy supply, reducing the cost of energy across the country. This is the first time in history that we're able to do that because of the enormous market dynamics, the market forces that are able to invest in the energy ecosystem.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang quoted in "Jensen Huang says AI data centers can fix the very grid they’re straining", Business Insider (Aug 27, 2026)

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