Data Centers

Abstract illustration of public pushback against AI expansion

The AI Backlash Is Here — And the Industry Has No Idea How to Handle It

The AI industry has a people problem. Not a technology problem, not a funding problem — a people problem. The kind where actual humans organize marches, stall $98 billion in projects, and make advertisers scrub the letters “AI” from their campaigns like it’s a slur. This week delivered the receipts. TIME Magazine’s cover screamed “The People vs. AI.” Sam Altman compared training AI to raising a child and got dragged across the internet. And Super Bowl advertisers discovered that slapping “AI-powered” on your product is now a net negative. Something has shifted, and the industry hasn’t caught up. ...

Bernie Sanders Wants to Freeze AI Data Centers. Here's Why That Won't Work.

An 84-year-old senator stood at Stanford last Friday and told a room full of future tech workers that America has “not a clue” what’s about to hit it. Then he proposed freezing the construction of AI data centers until Congress catches up. Bernie Sanders isn’t wrong about the problem. He might be dangerously wrong about the solution. The Stanford Bombshell Sanders shared the stage with Congressman Ro Khanna — the guy who literally represents Silicon Valley — at an event titled “Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People.” Subtlety wasn’t on the agenda. ...

Adani Just Bet $100 Billion on AI — And India's Tech Workers Should Be Nervous

One hundred billion dollars. That’s not a national budget — it’s what a single Indian conglomerate just committed to building AI data centers. Adani Group dropped the bombshell at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, pledging to expand its data center capacity to 5 GW of hyperscale, AI-ready facilities by 2035. Liquid cooling, renewable energy, the works. If it happens, it would be the world’s largest integrated data center platform. ...