One of the rare cases where nimbys can't do damage because the hyper scalers will (and are) building their data centers across MENA, South Asia and SEA where they're welcomed with generous tax breaks and incentives.

Sending kilobytes of text over thousands of miles is a lot easier than piping energy or housing across distance!

Welcomed by corrupt politicians perhaps the locals not so much.

Data centers do not provide jobs and they are run by sociopath Americans who couldn't give a shit about human rights or the environment.