AI x Data Centers: How Can the Buildout Survive the Backlash?

Name: AI x Data Centers: How Can the Buildout Survive the Backlash?
Start: 2026-09-22T11:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-09-22T12:00:00.000-04:00
Location: New York, NY

Hosted by Leap Forward Ventures

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Community pushback is fast becoming one of the biggest contraints to building data centers. Over 100 local moratoriums, ordinances, and rejections in 2026 alone with bans or restrictions on the table in 15+ states. Prince William County, VA, home to the country's second-highest concentration of data centers, just voted down its largest proposed project.

Join us for a candid conversation with the CMOs, elected officials, and insiders living this every day: what's driving the resistance, how is it reshaping timelines, and how operators are responding?

Speakers:

Phillip Marangella, CMO, EdgeConneX
Del. Josh Thomas, Virginia State House Delegate, Prince William County
Sunil Rajaraman, CEO, Hamlet
Jessica Alter, Venture Partner, Leap Forward Ventures

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