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  • Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting
    Police arrested a high school physics teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last Wednesday. Teacher Lux Claridge went to a meeting of the Emporia, Kansas City Commission on July 22 with their spouse and brother. All three were there to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land in Emporia. They left the meeting in handcuffs, dragged out by police on the orders of a city commissioner.
     

Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting

27 juillet 2026 à 18:56
Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting

Police arrested a high school physics teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last Wednesday. Teacher Lux Claridge went to a meeting of the Emporia, Kansas City Commission on July 22 with their spouse and brother. All three were there to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land in Emporia. They left the meeting in handcuffs, dragged out by police on the orders of a city commissioner.

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  • The Race for A.I. Data Centers Arrives in India
    India is developing new data centers to secure a foothold in the global A.I. race. Our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, discusses how a new Google campus’s potential use of the region’s already strained energy and water resources is creating anxiety among local residents.
     

The Race for A.I. Data Centers Arrives in India

16 juillet 2026 à 01:25
India is developing new data centers to secure a foothold in the global A.I. race. Our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, discusses how a new Google campus’s potential use of the region’s already strained energy and water resources is creating anxiety among local residents.

India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.

16 juillet 2026 à 01:24
With India lagging in the technology, officials are embracing giant data centers. But critics say the megaprojects will use up energy and water, without providing long-term jobs.

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The port city of Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh is rapidly transforming into India’s coastal gateway for global tech infrastructure, fueled by massive A.I. data centers.

Kevin O’Leary Is Sued by Opponents He Claimed Were Foreign Agents

15 juillet 2026 à 14:44
Kevin O’Leary, the celebrity investor, accused opponents of his proposed data center near the Great Salt Lake of being agents of China. Now they want compensation.

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The Hansel Valley in Box Elder County. The Bar H Ranch, located in the valley, sold its land and water rights to the developers of the proposed Stratos data center.

Australia to Put Environmental Brakes on A.I. Data Centers

16 juillet 2026 à 04:08
The country will also seek to protect the rights of creators of work used to train artificial intelligence models, as it aims to impose parameters on the growing industry.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the new data center requirements at the University of Sydney on Wednesday.
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