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Developer withdraws Boulder City data center, signals move to federal land

The developer who proposed a data center on city-owned land about three miles southwest of Boulder City has withdrawn their application from the city’s land leasing process after a path to development on federal land opened up. Townsite Solar 2 LLC — the project developer — withdrew its application...

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What happened Developer withdraws Boulder City data center, signals move to federal land.
The headline split The left frames it as "Developer withdraws Boulder City data center, signals move to federal land". The right frames it as "Boulder City data center pulls ahead, skirting resident scrutiny in the process".
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Left / center-leftDeveloper withdraws Boulder City data center, signals move to federal land

Nevada Current · Center-left · News report

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Right / center-rightBoulder City data center pulls ahead, skirting resident scrutiny in the process

Las Vegas Review-Journal · Center-right · News report

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Nevada CurrentNews report · Jul 8, 12:16 AM

Developer withdraws Boulder City data center, signals move to federal land

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The developer who proposed a data center on city-owned land about three miles southwest of Boulder City has withdrawn their application from the city’s land leasing process after a path to...

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Las Vegas Review-JournalNews report · Jul 7, 10:33 PM

Boulder City data center pulls ahead, skirting resident scrutiny in the process

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Rather than leasing land from Boulder City, the Houston-based developer will instead build the data center on federal land.

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Jul 7, 10:33 PM: Las Vegas Review-Journal joined the source map.

Jul 8, 12:16 AM: Nevada Current joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 68/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.