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As AI systems rapidly expand, communities across America are seeing massive data centers suddenly appear near their neighborhoods. These facilities consume enormous amounts of electricity, water, land, and infrastructure resources, driving up utility costs, straining local housing markets, and changing the quality of life for families who have lived...

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