Data centers now get more public pushback than wind farms. (Heatmap)
The scoreboard: More than 270 US data centers now face local resistance in Heatmap Pro’s database, edging past 258 on/offshore wind projects. Solar still ranks first in community opposition (nearly 2x that of data centers). But the 51+ GW of opposed data center capacity roughly matches contested solar on a MW basis.
Speaking of data centers: Meta reserved up to 1 GW/100 GWh of ultra-long duration storage from Noon Energy, starting with a 25-MW/2.5-GWh first phase slated for 2028. Noon’s reversible solid oxide fuel cell stores energy in abundant elements like carbon and oxygen (rather than lithium) and can discharge for 100+ hours.