Meta cautioned on November 5, 2026, that growing political resistance to data centers could make future AI investments harder to sustain, according to TechCrunch.
The company identified election-related backlash against large-scale data center projects as a factor in that resistance. Communities across the United States have been pushing back against the scale of such infrastructure, TechCrunch said.
The Financial Times characterized the data center opposition as emblematic of broader anxiety about AI and public skepticism toward the tech industry's concentration of power and wealth. The Financial Times also said tech leaders are being called on to rethink their political strategy in response.