Robert Bryce

Those are all that's all correct.

Kevin O'Leary's project in Utah is one example of these projects in development.

They're a long way from being built and even a longer way from having computers actually up and running.

But all across the U.S., what we've seen is local communities fighting back.

And it's because so many of these projects are being proposed.

But yes, it's about water.

It's about electricity.

It's about the character of local neighborhoods.

And I've been a reporter for a long time, Justin.

I've never, you know, close to 40 years.

I've never had a real job.

I've never seen anything like the backlash that we're seeing in the United States against data centers.

It's a cultural backlash, Justin, and to just a little bit of context.

So I've been tracking land use conflicts around wind and solar and more lately batteries now for 16 years.

And I created what's called the Renewable Rejection Database.

And I've now documented over 1,200 rejections or restrictions of wind and solar over the last 16 years, most of those in the last 10 or so.

That led me to create the data center rejection database.

Already in the United States this year, Justin, I've documented 107 rejections or restrictions of data centers in the United States.

In all of 2025, there were 49.

In all of 2024, there were nine.