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Senate HELP ranking member cites growing bipartisan local opposition to data centers
Summary
The ranking member said a recent Heatmap poll (not dated in the transcript) found high levels of local opposition to data centers and described community concerns about electric rates, water use, noise and heat.
On the Senate floor, the ranking member told colleagues that communities across the political spectrum are resisting data center construction near residential areas and that public opposition is rising. He cited a Heatmap poll he summarized as showing 71% of Americans now oppose building a data center near where they live.
He listed common community concerns: higher electricity rates, water impacts, noise and heat. The senator said these local reactions reflect bipartisan skepticism of data centers and offered them as an example of where federal policymakers should "look up" and listen to residents' concerns.
