With AI data centers being built across the country, residents are increasingly discontented, dealing with light and sound pollution and having their water supply contaminated, with 10% of it used to run these centers. However, there is a new issue arising with politicians using eminent domain — the legal authority of the government to seize private property for public use without the owner’s consent — to force people out of their homes if they get in the way of setting up these data centers. Eminent domain is grounded in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; however, the government can only exercise this power so long as the land is used for a clear “public use” and the owner is provided just compensation. However, although the government is paying a fair market price for the homes, it can easily low-ball the residents, who have little to no leverage. People across the country are very upset about having their lives uprooted, while those who remain lose property value, which is just another reason so many hate these data centers. It certainly is one way to make sure that people “own nothing and like it,” as the government has been wanting to do for many years now. Overall, these data centers are terrible for the environment, disruptive to local communities, and widely unpopular with the American people. Though Americans protest, it is clear that this situation will not resolve itself easily.