‘THIS IS VERY REAL REDLINING’: OUTRAGE IN LITTLE ROCK AS TWO DATACENTERS LOOM

Critics decry proposed hyperscale projects, fearing overuse of water and electricity, and ‘appropriating rural, Black-owned land for industrial purposes’ There seems to be a fight over datacenters in nearly every city… And amid the extreme polarization of today’s politics, the opposition tends to be bipartisan.

US news | The Guardian reports that critics decry proposed hyperscale projects, fearing overuse of water and electricity, and ‘appropriating rural, Black-owned land for industrial purposes’ There seems to be a fight over datacenters in nearly every city…

The report adds: And amid the extreme polarization of today’s politics, the opposition tends to be bipartisan.

“I would say it’s kind of the far left and the far right ran into each other and had a hug,” said Frank Scott Jr, mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas.

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