New polling suggests that most Americans are against artificial intelligence data centers built near where they live, signaling that the Trump administration‘s efforts aimed at rapidly expanding development to win the AI race may be losing public support.

A Gallup survey conducted in early March found that seven out of 10 Americans oppose building AI data centers in their area, with nearly half (48%) strongly opposed. Around 23% of respondents said they somewhat opposed data centers being built in their areas, while only 27% said they were in favor.