A veterans group is calling for a halt to new data center development on federal public lands, adding to growing opposition to the infrastructure powering the AI boom.
Why it matters: The push comes after an election in which data center development emerged as a flashpoint, raising new questions about where tech companies will be able to build.
Veterans for Public Lands launched a national campaign yesterday to impose an immediate moratorium on new data centers on federal public lands.
"I'm not an anti-AI person," retired Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who chairs the group, told Axios. "We just need to be smart about where we do these things."
