Poll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI's ecological footprint
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- ▪“Change is scary, and I think some of that is being reflected here.” Advertisement Despite bipartisan pushback, thousands of data centres already span the US, with extensive construction underway to meet escalating demand.
- ▪The scope includes decades-old conventional facilities alongside massive and newly built hyperscale centres engineered for resource-intensive AI processing.
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| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:51:18 +0000 |
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NewsPoll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI’s ecological footprintOver half of Americans fear AI-driven data centers will hike electricity costs and strain water supplies in local areas, according to new poll.ListenListen (3 mins)SaveShare Poll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI’s ecological footprint on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoDemonstrators hold a sign calling for regulation of artificial intelligence during a protest outside the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 2, 2026 [Jonathan Drake/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated PressPublished On 16 Sep 202616 Sep 2026A new survey of adults in the United States finds that more than half worry about…
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