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Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower more money onto the communities willing to allow the server warehouses.

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What happened Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets.
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The Seattle TimesNews report · Oct 22, 7:02 AM

Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower...

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The IndependentNews report · Oct 22, 7:01 AM

Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower...

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Oct 22, 7:01 AM: The Independent joined the source map.

Oct 22, 7:02 AM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.

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