Americans’ antipathy towards AI data centers has become as noisy and impossible for politicians to ignore as the sprawling, humming, resource-guzzling facilities themselves. But rather than conceding that communities are justified in their opposition to the power hubs of the AI boom, the Trump administration is now trying to quietly sweep it under the rug.

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the elimination of a decades-old federal rule requiring states to solicit public feedback about industrial projects before they’ve been officially greenlit. The change, if approved, could enable tech developers to start building…

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