Local Communities Rise Up Against Massive AI Data Centers

corporatecrimereporter.comAugust 16, 2025Nikki Forrester Communities across the United States are rising up against the tech industry’s plans to build massive data centers that consume voluminous local water supplies. The data centers are needed to feed an insatiable artificial intelligence machine. More than $60 billion in data center projects have been blocked or delayed by this…

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Ohio Secretary of State blocks local attempts to ban voting machines

Signal OhioAugust 14, 2025 Citizens had been collecting voter signatures to try to force a public vote on the use of voting machines in Seneca and Monroe counties. The move deflates a statewide effort from activists within the GOP’s right wing. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose effectively has blocked an effort by citizens in two rural…

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Ohio senator’s fracking waste business is ‘dangerous’ for drinking water, Marietta council president says

Signal OhioAugust 14, 2025 Public Safety The city is fighting a fifth fracking waste injection well planned near its drinking water source. Marietta’s council president clashed with her state senator, whose former business, which has a history of engineering failures, is seeking the permit. It was supposed to be a sleepy, county-level Republican meeting where…

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