AI Companies, Data Centers Must Defend Themselves—Silence Is No Weapon Against the Exploding Backlash

Artificial intelligence companies and the data centers that power them are devoting mouth-watering sums to achieve their potential.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Meta, and Amazon are “expected to spend more than $670 billion this year” on capital expenditures.

McKinsey & Company forecasts that “global spending on data centers...