**Japan's AI goldrush faces backlash as data centers sprout up in urban areas**

> Residents living next to new developments are raising concerns over environmental and health issues linked to the “factories” of today. Erin and Munekazu Tanikawa look out from their balcony at the construction site of a planned 52-meter-tall data center that would dominate their surroundings, in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, last month. | JOHAN BROOKS

**来源信息**
- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
- **分类**：tip
- **发布时间**：2026-06-25 07:23（北京时间）
- **原文**：[打开原文](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/06/21/data-center-pushback)