Author: Theresa Loconsolo, Rebecca Bellan, Tim De Chant

The rapid expansion of data centers is facing significant hurdles, including community resistance, permitting bottlenecks, and severe power shortages. Furthermore, industry experts warn that a substantial portion of these heavily hyped artificial intelligence infrastructure projects will likely never materialize at all.

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is facing significant hurdles, including local community pushback, complex permitting processes, and severe electricity shortages. Beyond these operational obstacles, industry analysts indicate that a substantial portion of currently announced data center projects may ultimately never be constructed at all.