Meta Is Putting $1 Billion Toward the Towns Its Data Centers Land In. The AI Boom Has a Social-License Problem.

Meta's Future Is For Everyone Fund pledges a billion dollars to communities near its data centers, for schools, first responders and local programs. It arrives as opposition hardens: a Gallup poll found 70% of Americans oppose a local AI data center, and a wave of projects has been blocked. The compute has to land somewhere, and somewhere is pushing back.