​There are few subjects as taboo in American discourse than data centers. Count Indiana Fever star guard Sophie Cunningham among the rising chorus against them.As communities across the country fight against new data centers entering their communities, with wide-ranging concerns spanning from ecological concerns and noise/light pollution to growing A.I. fatigue. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the farming community has started pushing against data-center construction.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”America’s farmers and cattle ranchers are raising red flags about the potential drain on local resources that the data-center construction boom poses to rural regions of the farm economy,” WSJ’s Patrick Thomas reported. “The agriculture industry is warning that the AI-focused facilities are gobbling up farmland acreage, electricity and water needed to raise livestock and grow crops.”For Cunningham, data centers represent a threat to the farming land she loves. Cunningham grew up on a farm and spoke up on her concerns about data centers on social media on Thursday.”So how do we save our farm land and stop all these dumb data centers?” Cunningham asked her audience.With Cunningham’s social clout as high as it’s ever been, we wouldn’t be shocked to see her advocating against the construction of new data centers in Indiana and her home state of Missouri.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn such a polarized society, one thing most people can agree on is a distrust of new data centers. Perhaps more athletes begin to speak out on this?The team has a back-to-back at home on Friday and Saturday evenings against the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty, respectively.This article originally appeared on For The Win: Sophie Cunningham speaks out on ‘dumb data centers’ over farming concern