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Data Center Opponents Stage 142 Protests Across 42 States in First Coordinated National Action
Reuters reports the first nationwide anti-data-center mobilization: 142 protests across 42 states on Saturday July 18, coordinated by HumansFirst, a group co-founded by a former Tea Party leader. Texas hosted 18 events, Georgia 11, California 8, with Pennsylvania, Florida and Indiana at 7 each. A June Reuters/Ipsos poll found only a third of Americans approve of the current pace of data center construction and just 14% would accept one in their own community — making this one of the few genuinely cross-ideological issues in US politics right now.
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