Why better-off cities and towns see more benefits from data centers than rural regions

By Daniel Yue, Assistant Professor of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yiyang Zeng, Postdoctoral Fellow of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology

The fierce backlash against data centers shows no sign of easing up.

Since early 2024, more than 1,200 public actions – including zoning fights, public campaigns and temporary moratoriums – have been logged by the Data Center Tracker, a public U.S. database of community responses to data center site selection. Among the concerns, grid capacity, water use and transparency around siting appear most often.

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