1 in 6 humans use AI.
Yet, Big AI is less popular than ICE.
AI DATA CENTRES require land, power and water in specific locations – which are rare public resources, not accessible without community consent.
UNSURPRISINGLY, data centres are less welcome than NUCLEAR plants. Projects are blocked or delayed, politicians backing them are voted out, data centre moratoriums are voted in.
THE CURRENT MODEL is broken in both directions:
– Communities negotiate from fear
– Every AI project is a one-off political fight with unpredictable outcomes
A TRANSPARENT, STANDARDISED FRAMEWORK – defining what Big AI needs to deliver in exchange for access to public infrastructure – would benefit everyone:
– AI COMPANIES would know the price of admission before selecting a site.
– GOVERNMENTS would approve or reject against a standard rather than improvising under political pressure.
– COMMUNITIES would hold operators to published terms rather than fighting each proposal from scratch.
AI INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD EXPAND as fast as communities can absorb it, not as slowly as political resistance can block it.
A framework that delivers cheaper, smarter energy to communities
may also shift how the public feels about BIG AI.
KOTOMIN 