Across the United States and United Kingdom, the quiet hum of artificial intelligence infrastructure is being met with a louder, more human sound: organised community resistance. The facilities that power the AI revolution demand enormous quantities of energy and water, yet generate few local jobs, and the people living nearest to them are increasingly unwilling to bear those costs on behalf of national ambition. What began as neighbourhood grievance has matured into electoral consequence and legal challenge, forcing governments on both sides of the Atlantic to reckon with a question that sits