A new poll reveals Americans would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their neighbourhood than an AI data centre. The survey shows growing public backlash against data centre energy consumption as tech giants race to build more power-hungry AI facilities. The findings highlight rising community opposition to AI infrastructure expansion, challenging Microsoft's, Meta's and Google's plans to construct new data centres. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/people-would-rather-have-an-amazon-warehouse-in-their-backyard-than-a-data-center/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIInfrastructure #Tech