Around the country, there’s been a construction boom in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/power-grid-ai-data-centers-1235f296?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">AI data centers</a>, but <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/these-rural-americans-are-trying-to-hold-back-the-tide-of-ai-66945306?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">opposition is surging</a> too. In <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-small-midwest-community-leading-americas-crusade-against-data-centers-92621c55?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">the small town of Festus, Missouri,</a> a $6 billion project angered residents, leading to the removal of local council members and a campaign to recall the mayor. WSJ's <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/will-parker?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Will Parker</a> explains how intense local pushback is changing where data centers are built. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Ryan Knutson</a> hosts. 
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