TechThe fight against AI data centers is just beginning

The Stepback examines the growing fight over the expansion of AI data centers. It says opposition began years before the AI boom threatened local power supplies. The newsletter presents the issue as an essential technology story and traces how the conflict started. Its focus is the data center buildout and the resistance forming around it.

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