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‘We don’t want it’: Voter backlash against data centers consumes midterm elections
Voter opposition has pushed candidates and local governments to back moratoriums, stricter rules and bans as data center projects draw concern over costs and utilities.
SPRINGDALE, Pa. — Residents in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town are facing the prospect of a 47-acre data center facility on their doorstep. “Right here behind this fence is where they want to put up the data center, and as you can see, there’s houses right across the street, roughly 100 feet,” said lifelong Springdale […]