The Digital Frontier: Minnesota’s Battle Over Hyperscale Data Centers Moves from Town Halls to Courtrooms
In the quiet, rolling farmland of Pine Island, Minnesota, the rhythmic hum of agricultural life was meant to be replaced this July by the roar of heavy machinery. City leaders and developers had finalized plans to transform hundreds of acres of open…
Shadows Over the Cubbies: How Minneapolis Child Care Centers Survive an Era of Uncertainty
This report was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. MINNEAPOLIS — On a frigid February afternoon, the routine at a Spanish-immersion child care center in…
Minnesota Communities Mobilize: The "David vs. Goliath" Battle Over Hyperscale Data Centers Becomes a Defining Election Issue
Pine Island, MN – In the tranquil expanse of rural Minnesota, a battle of unprecedented scale is unfolding, pitting local residents against some of the world’s most powerful tech corporations. Driving down a winding dirt road that skirts a vast…
Minnesota Communities Mobilize: Data Centers Emerge as a Defining Election Issue
Pine Island, MN – Driving down a quiet dirt road that skirts a vast agricultural field, Aubree Derksen describes her predicament with a powerful biblical analogy: feeling like David pitted against Goliath. Her Goliath is Google, the omnipresent tech…
