Neva Safo

Microsoft's announcement comes amid growing public backlash against data centers.

That backlash has led to tens of billions of dollars in projects being delayed or canceled in recent months.

Rima El-Aili heads Microsoft's infrastructure legal affairs team.

The biggest concerns have been rising electricity costs and the large amounts of water many data centers consume for cooling.

Microsoft is promising, among other things, to pay the full cost of the electricity it consumes and to replenish more water than it uses.

Chris Borick has seen the angry town hall meetings in his state from his perch as director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion.

President Trump highlighted Microsoft's electricity commitment and said his administration is talking to other data center builders to do the same.

I'm Neva Safo for Marketplace.