When it comes to data centers, Americans are increasingly polling like a Dr. Seuss book. We would not like them here or there. We would not like them anywhere.

Across partisan lines, politicians have gotten the message. Sure, Trump has called those who oppose data centers “backwards and poor.” Yet many other Republicans are warning that not taking a stronger stance against data centers will cost them the midterms. Meanwhile, leading voices suggest that opposing data center construction could be the issue that can salvage the Democratic party.

This is people power at its finest. By getting in the way of billions of dollars’ worth of data center construction, communities are demanding democracy from a political system that has long felt out of touch and unresponsive.