Editor’s note: The following was written by Mark White, Sarah Low, Maria Kalaitzandonakes, and Jonathan Coppess with the University of Illinois and Brenna Ellison with Purdue University for the farmdoc daily website June 25.
Rural residents worry about data centers
Bar chart comparing average worry levels (1 = not at all worried, 7 = extremely worried) about AI/data center development impacts across urban, suburban and rural respondents. Electricity costs receive the highest concern in all groups (5.11 urban, 5.11 suburban, 5.41 rural), followed by overuse of water and agricultural land use. Rural respondents are generally the most concerned.
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