What to know about upcoming national day of protest against data centers

Published July 9, 2026 11:45am ET | Updated July 12, 2026 6:58am ET



A conservative group is planning nationwide protests challenging data centers set to take place later this month, as debate grows about how they are expanding in the United States. 

Humans First is organizing the protests against data centers, which provide the raw computational power for the technology grid and artificial intelligence, across states ranging from California to Florida. Republicans are broadly supportive of data centers but have expressed concern about the speed of their development, who controls the technology, and the direction it is taking.

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