What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad
Paris Marx’s new book, *Hyperscale*, chronicles global resistance to the rapid expansion of data centers, highlighting early moratoriums in the Netherlands and Singapore and the energy‑grid crises in Ireland that forced companies to build private gas plants. He warns that the U.S. is now repeating these patterns as generative AI drives a surge in data‑center construction, raising concerns over water use, grid strain, and climate goals.