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A community town hall meeting with residents holding signs opposing a proposed datacenter, with candidates on stage and voting or petition materials visible
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They blocked a datacenter. Now they're running for office.

A grassroots movement against AI infrastructure is turning community anger into local political power, starting with the first US city to ban datacenter construction.

3 min read
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Nobody Wanted That Datacenter: How AI's Hunger for Land Is Uniting Unlikely Neighbours

A Google project planned for a small Indiana town drew something rarely seen in American politics right now: unanimous local opposition, from Trump voters and climate activists alike.

3 min read
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