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Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 01:47:22 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

Data centers are expensive, unpopular, and could be a tipping point in the midterms https://www.npr.org/2026/04/20/g-s1-117729/data-center-disputes-local-midterms
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  Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms
  
  Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.
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  Asta [AMP] (aud@fire.asta.lgbt)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 02:56:13 JST Asta [AMP]
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  @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place @cwebber@social.coop this part drives me INSANE. They bring all of like, 12 jobs, if that, they inevitably have a TON of tax breaks so they don't bring in any freaking tax income, they get sweetheart deals on power and water that drive up costs for everyone else, they're often noisy...
  
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  aeva (aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 02:56:13 JST aeva
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  @aud @cwebber slight tangent, i've been enjoying Charlie Berens's refreshingly honest reporting on this stuff. the Manitowoc Minute is one of the few news sources i trust these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyXs5H6gLwQ&list=LL&index=54
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  1. Wisconsin AI Data Center Bill – Manitowoc Minute Special Report
    
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    It’s a no go for AB840 #shorts Watch my new special 'Neighborly' on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Zqv-yKgUbCAMERCH: https://manitowocminute.com/collectionsFollow...
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  aeva (aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 02:56:14 JST aeva
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  @cwebber also all the hand wringing about "just think of all the tax money these will bring in!" *what* tax money? these fuckers are bending over backwards to give them every tax break they ask for
  
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  aeva (aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 02:56:16 JST aeva
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  @cwebber weird that the article quotes port washington's fucking mayor about how great the data centers are and glosses over how everyone in the city is pissed about how it got rammed through. pdubs loved that data center deal so much they voted for a referendum to put an end to this shady bullshit https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/wisconsin-city-passes-nations-first-anti-data-center-referendum-00863432
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