Data centers are a dirty word, it seems, as numerous communities are actively pushing back against these facilities. Not surprisingly, as there are plenty of pitfalls that local residents experience when data centers are built in their neighborhood, including spikes in energy bills. In select cases, U.S. data centers are coming for people's homes, with some homeowners even receiving eviction notices. But locals aren't alone in this, as U.S. state legislators are actively trying to limit or outright ban the construction of new data centers in their respective jurisdictions. While states like Delaware, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont introduced moratoriums, only New York passed its moratorium on data centers over 20 MW.