>A datacenter has way more impact on it’s surroundings than housing,

On the flip side a datacenter never showed up to a town meeting to screech about how my way of life ought to be illegal, how the businesses I patronize ought to be punitively regulated, how I ought to pay more taxes so that the city can do things I don't want done, etc, etc.

And I say this as someone who already lives near a bunch of industrial sites.