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Data Center Backlash Becomes a Midterm Flashpoint

As the AI infrastructure boom drives a wave of data center construction, concerns over electricity costs, water use and local impacts are increasingly entering the political debate ahead of the midterms. Cato Institute senior fellow Jennifer Huddleston discusses the economic benefits data centers can bring to communities and why she argues the technology…

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Arizona attorney general threatens lawsuit over south Phoenix data centerAs Arizona faces a loss of nearly one third of its Colorado River water supply, an analysis of data centers across the state estimates water demand could surge by more than 450% if all planned data center projects in the greater Phoenix area are built.

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Researcher charged with poisoning coworker after he's caught on hidden camera tampering with water bottle — and gets off easyA California researcher pleaded no contest to one felony count of poisoning his coworker, which allegedly made the female victim gravely ill. However, the defendant was granted what a judge called an "extremely generous" plea deal despite hidden-camera video of him tampering with his colleague's water bottle. Rong Yuan began working at Berkeley…

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Susan Collins' post-heckle debate jab lands on deaf ears: 'Oh, shut up!'An interruption of the final Maine Senate debate between Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson on Wednesday led to a half-testy, half-joking exchange between the two candidates onstage. The questioning was disrupted when a protester began yelling about data centers, throwing everyone off balance. "I'm so sorry to interrupt ... I'm…

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