[Protests Against U.S. AI Data Centers Intensify, Over 37 Arrested This Year] According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on August 5, Decrypt reported that protests surrounding AI data centers across the United States have continued to escalate this year, with at least 37 people arrested in related demonstrations. Protesters are primarily focused on issues such as electricity consumption, water resource usage, environmental pollution, and government transparency associated with data centers. Notable incidents include: a resident in Oklahoma arrested for exceeding the time limit during a data center hearing, a resident in Indiana arrested for refusing to identify themselves at a public meeting for an Amazon data center, and a physics teacher in Kansas handcuffed for clapping during a zoning hearing. The opposition movement has evolved from a local "Not In My Backyard" campaign into a nationwide political movement. Advocacy group "Humans First" organized 142 protests across 42 states in July, and lawmakers are also calling for stricter regulations on the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure.