B
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188 -- local opposition groups count for US data center development (2026)
At least 188 local opposition groups to data centers operate across 40 US states.
- at least 188
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Value
188
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Construction Dive
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Tier C
https://reputationpartners.com/what-were-reading-april-2026/ ↗
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What We’re Reading – April 2026 - Reputation Partners
What We’re Reading is a monthly roundup of current news, commentary, challenges, and trends that impact our industry and clients. This month, our team explored how reputation is shaped in real time, and the quieter trust builders that sustain it, like outcome-first product design and face-to-face co…
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Construction Dive
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Cited by Construction Dive via NPR article; count of organized local opposition groups to data center projects
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US data center development: 188 local opposition groups count. Source: Construction Dive (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/data-center-opposition-groups-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/data-center-opposition-groups-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>188</strong> -- local opposition groups count for US data center development<br><small>Source: Construction Dive (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/data-center-opposition-groups-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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