Apollo Moves to Manage Local Opposition Risk in AI Infrastructure Financing

Apollo Global Management is treating local resistance as a core execution risk in the AI infrastructure deals it finances, a sign that community consent is becoming as important as chips, land and power in the data-center boom. In an Oct. 7 interview, infrastructure chief Olivia Wassenaar said the firm is working to keep financed projects from being derailed when local pushback emerges and that Apollo listens and responds when objections arise in the interview.