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Posted on 04/07/2026 4:52:25 PM PDT by Libloather
A terrifying attack on an Indianapolis city councilman’s home has ignited fears that mounting opposition to the data centers that power artificial intelligence is taking an increasingly violent turn.
Ron Gibson, who is serving his third term on the Indianapolis City-County Council, said someone fired 13 shots into his front door early Monday – and left a handwritten note that said “NO DATA CENTERS”.
That was just days after Gibson attended a Metropolitan Development Commission meeting to support a data center project, one the developer said would be used at least in part for AI, in a local neighborhood — drawing boos from attendees when he stepped up to speak about the jobs it could bring, according to a CBS News report.
“Just steps from where those bullets struck is our dining room table, where my son had been playing with his Legos the day before,” Gibson said. “That reality is deeply unsettling.”
Opposition to data centers has escalated rapidly over the past year, according to a November report by the Soufan Center, a security-focused research group. The hulking facilities have become lightning rods for fears that AI is poised to eliminate jobs, even as the data centers themselves threaten to jack up electricity and water bills.
Last week, a data center developer in California alleged in a lawsuit that a group of eco-activists orchestrated a vicious online attack that led to calls for “public executions” and Luigi Mangione-inspired death threats.
In December, a city council meeting in Port Washington, Wis., ended with police cuffing and dragging off a group of middle-aged women who derailed a hearing on a data center project, local news footage shows. The women were cited for disorderly conduct, according to reports.
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Indiana and Indianapolis subreddits were giddy with glee and demanded more violence.
Maybe from a 22 or a 23
The are literally 21st Century luddites.
AI is coming and nothing these people are going to do will stop it.
Heck, I never even knew a data center could be violent.
Violent libtards
Where’s a Doorbell Camera when you need one?
That door looks cheap and worn down.
Maybe sand it down and throw some varnish on it.
His eight year old son could do it.
People are angey because they use up all the power and raise the bills on the average person.
angey should be angry. oops
... and take the water.
and left a handwritten note that said “NO DATA CENTERS”.
is 13 rounds from a Hi-Power?
We need those magazine restrictions!
And should be located on the moon.
What does he expect? There was massive and very clear public opposition to the data centers. The council flipped the finger to the public and approved the project 6-2 and this clown was leading the charge.
He is destroying property values, quality of life and helping build the infrastructure of our national enslavement. So he gets bullets in his front door.
Honestly, if they don’t respect the clear will of the majority, then maybe people like this need to learn to fear the people. Maybe that AI center kickback doesn’t look so good to him about now....
WHEN YOUR WATER SUPPLY IS SEVERELY THREATENED-—LET US KNOW.
Not that I would go that far, but the one in Maysville Ky, was looking at thousands of acres. Prime farm and grazing land, add in the water and electric use with the increased price of property along with the added tax incentives, I understand the opposition. After construction employment? How many permanent jobs are created? Data centers will not be hiring unskilled local farmers so expect the usual imported B-1 hires into a small rural community. I’m not sure there’s a plus side.
Hopefully he had one of those Ring cameras on his door.
They’re sending US marshals out to protect the surveyors in Maryland thanks to the eminent domain crap due to a huge power line going through their land.
They’ve gunned up and sicced their porch dogs on em.
Doesn’t mean we have to roll over and love it.
FAI.
/raises hand in light bill poverty
I’ll be lucky if they don’t shut me off
Despite living in the cold and the dark til I get walking pneumonia for 6 months, it’s still at least $600 a month
It’s more than doubled.
Screw the evil data centers.
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