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Working class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy ones
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
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And if the wealthy need to "resist" a data center, they have the power to do so quietly, successfully, and with little effort. Poor neighborhoods can make all the noise they want, to little or no effect.