# Not In My Back Yard

URL: /show/the-launch/81/
> Everyone loves their tech, but now that the infrastructure is showing up, nobody wants it next door.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 81
- Date: 2026-08-26
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 01:04:01
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6392335546239168974a9d42f8-0479-41d1-a755-4cffec5b935a.mp3


Transcripts: [text/html](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/transcript_4a9d42f8-0479-41d1-a755-4cffec5b935a639233556264830380.html) [application/x-subrip](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/4a9d42f8-0479-41d1-a755-4cffec5b935a639233556258665427.srt) [text/vtt](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/4a9d42f8-0479-41d1-a755-4cffec5b935a639233556252376400.vtt)




### Episode Links

**CALL 1-774-462-5667**

* [Data Center Uproar Scrambles the Midterm Election](https://www.axios.com/2026/08/20/data-center-uproar-2026-midterms)
* [GOP Issues Stark Warning to AI Companies](https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-election)
* [Governors' Races Are Being Buffeted by Data Center Politics](https://apnews.com/article/f96176c2bcb76cbe8e823ed79fbdf196)
* [The Unexpected Winners of America's Data Center Boom](https://www.reuters.com/technology/demand-us-data-center-boom-radiates-out-through-factory-supply-chains-2026-08-19/)
* [Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area](https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx)
* [Opposition to Local Data Centers Rises Sharply](https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/opposition-to-local-data-centers-rises-sharply-annenberg-survey-finds/)
* [Skagit County Commissioners Adopt Moratorium on New Data Centers](https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/Home/press/060126.htm)
* [United States Data Center Energy Usage Report: 2025 Update](https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/publications/united-states-data-center-energy-2025)
* [Berkeley Lab Data Center Energy Modeling and Forecasting](https://datacenters.lbl.gov/index.php/modeling-forecasting)
* [Data Centers in Virginia — Economic and Infrastructure Impact Summary](https://jlarc.virginia.gov/pdfs/reports/Rpt598-2.pdf)
* [Ratepayer Protection Pledge](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/)
* [Building Community-First AI Infrastructure](https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/01/13/community-first-ai-infrastructure/)
* [The Data Center Era Reshaping America](https://www.axios.com/2026/08/25/data-centers-ai-electricity-water-politics)
* [Data Centers "Dug Their Own Grave," Says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott](https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/greg-abbott-texas-data-centers-ai-backlash)
* [Above Ground Bunker in WA](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2171-Moody-Rd-N-Odessa-WA-99159/2057908345_zpid/)
* [Tower Defense House Edition](https://www.maklarhuset.se/bostad/sverige/vastmanland/sala/674887)
* [Data Center Song](https://suno.com/s/MbUHwxiGPAXQKvdB)

**Music**

* [Bloodshot Lies Funky By: The Doerfels ](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7365153?episode=44845488452)