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US data center bans reach 500 as New York and Texas join pushback

Source: The Information
Time: 1:17 AM
Weight: 95/100High importance
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What happened?

The number of data center bans across the United States has surpassed 500 as local and state authorities increase their resistance to new construction.

Why it matters

According to *The Information*, New York and Texas are the latest regions to join this pushback, marking a significant milestone in the growing friction between local communities and the technology industry.

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This surge in restrictions creates a bottleneck for the expansion of AI infrastructure and cloud computing services.

As the industry tries to keep pace with the massive computing power required for modern software, these bans represent a direct challenge to the rapid capital expenditure—or the money spent on physical assets—that technology firms have committed to building new facilities.

The opposition often centers on the strain these massive buildings place on local power grids and resources.

The tightening availability of new sites is forcing major providers to rethink how they manage existing hardware.

*The Information* reports that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has instructed its engineers to reduce waste in the use of central processing units (CPUs), which are the primary electronic circuits that act as the "brains" of a computer.

As new ground becomes harder to break, companies are shifting their focus toward maximizing the efficiency of their current data centers to handle the increasing workload of digital services.

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