The article covers US backlash against data centres: at least 75 projects worth about US$130bn were delayed or halted in Q1 this year, per Bloomberg, mainly over electricity bills and water use. Farmers in Montana worry that water used for cooling will be taken from cattle ranching. For a Thai SME this is mostly background, but it matters because a related Thai story in the same piece-set notes BOI is tightening rules on data-centre electricity and water tariffs. Watch that space if your business depends on local water or power supply.