Technology
By Julie Binoche
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75 Projects Blocked, $130 Billion at Risk. The opposition isn't just sentiment on a poll. It's turning into concrete action at the city and…
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Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI — and It's Paying Off. Here's where it gets interesting for the crypto crowd.
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AI money is flooding battleground states. Build American AI, an advocacy group backed by AI billionaires, just launched a multi-million dollar ad campaign across Kansas, Ohio,…
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The timing isn't random. A recent Annenberg Public Policy Center poll found that 61% of 1,320 U.S. adults now oppose new data centers in their area.
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The opposition isn't just sentiment on a poll. It's turning into concrete action at the city and state level. New York has enforced a moratorium on hyperscale data centers.
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee has reportedly warned AI companies that the issue is getting toxic fast.
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Hard to say whether that message lands in Kansas or Wisconsin. Probably depends on the zip code.
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Here's where it gets interesting for the crypto crowd. Bitcoin miners have been through this exact fight before — local opposition, noise complaints, power concerns, hostile…
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Related: Whale Distribution Signals Caution as Bitcoin Drops to $77,475
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The deals are real and they're big. TeraWulf signed a 20-year, $19 billion lease with Anthropic for a Kentucky campus. Hut 8 locked in a $9.
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The Granbury, Texas situation kind of captures the whole mess. Residents there filed a lawsuit against MARA Holdings over a Bitcoin mining site — citing insomnia, headaches,…
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There's also a regulatory vacuum sitting underneath all of this. A lot of the public opposition seems tied to a feeling that government isn't doing enough to manage AI expansion.
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More context: Bitcoin Stays Steady Despite Rising Oil Prices and Fed Rate Hike Speculation
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The crypto-to-AI transition, though, keeps moving regardless of the political noise. Miners spent years acquiring interconnection rights that nobody else wanted.
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Seventy-five blocked projects. One hundred thirty billion dollars sitting in limbo. And former Bitcoin miners are collecting billions in lease deals while the fight plays out.
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