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…
The Digital Deluge: Communities Grapple with the Multibillion-Dollar Data Center Boom
Across the United States, communities are finding themselves at a critical juncture, confronted with multibillion-dollar proposals for expansive data centers. These colossal industrial facilities, fueled by the relentless expansion of cloud computing and…
