Comment by DetroitThrow

Unlike many other common private infrastructure projects being spun up, such as large warehouses or factory buildings, data centers don't employ large amounts of people except during the construction.

Without much tangible benefits to help uplift a surrounding community in some way, and certainly many tangible drawbacks known to communities at this point, they seem like an easy - the easiest? - NIMBY target in an era where corporate giants have burned a lot of trust.