Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressure

Mounting voter concerns over land use and resources have made data centers a national issue; The fight over AI data centers is playing out in communities across Michigan.

Just down the road, though, cranes reach above towering fences at ​the site of a $16 billion project - one that has turned this town of 2,400 ​people into the latest U.S. flashpoint over AI data centers.