Governance

When AI Data Centers Move Into Your Neighborhood: What Residents Should Know The build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure is accelerating, and it’s not just happening in remote industrial parks or rural server farms. Increasingly, AI data centers are being sited in or near residential areas. For homeowners and renters, this raises practical questions about security, privacy, and the kind of oversight that exists or should exist. A recent report in Security Magazine examines these concerns and offers a starting point for understanding what’s at stake. ...

AI Data Centers Coming to Your Neighborhood? What They Mean for Your Privacy and Security Across the country, a new kind of neighbor is appearing in residential and mixed-use zones: artificial intelligence data centers. These facilities, once confined to remote industrial parks, are increasingly being proposed or built closer to homes, schools, and apartment buildings. For residents, this raises legitimate questions about privacy, security, and who gets to decide what happens next. ...