Last month, the Texas Tribune identified at least 248 planned data center projects in the Lone Star State. “And now our community, like many others, needs to fight against data centers invading our land.” A report from February claimed that Texas could surpass Virginia to be the world’s largest data center market by 2030. More than 70 percent of Americans said they would not want an AI data center in their neighborhood, according to a Gallup poll from March. Last month, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found 77 percent of U.S. adults worry AI-driven data centers will raise electricity costs.