Seven out of ten Americans oppose local construction of AI data centers.

Bernie Sanders believes that AI data centers will never be an asset to the grid given the enormous amount of electricity they consume, despite potential savings from slowing down at peak times.

Bernie Sanders states that AI data centers have impacts on scarce water resources, cause noise pollution, and often run on fossil fuels, contributing to climate change.

AI popularity in the United States is at 17%

An intense international AI race is occurring, involving multiple data centers controlled by different companies and countries such as the US and China.

People are paying thousands of dollars a month for electricity bills because AI data centers are consuming large amounts of electricity.