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Spartanburg County board blocks proposed data center

WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst) and WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened A proposed data center will not move forward after the Spartanburg County Board of Zoning Appeals denied the developer’s appeal Tuesday.
The headline split WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville) frames it as "Spartanburg County board blocks proposed data center". WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) frames it as "New Orleans delays decision on proposed data center zoning rules".
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WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville)News report · Aug 26, 12:34 AM

Spartanburg County board blocks proposed data center

A proposed data center will not move forward after the Spartanburg County Board of Zoning Appeals denied the developer’s appeal Tuesday.

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WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst)News report · Aug 26, 3:13 AM

Data center that could require more power than all of the homes in Ohio being built in Pike County

Tech giant Nvidia announced this week that it has agreed to back hundreds of billions of dollars for a colossal new data center that is being constructed in southern Ohio. Once built, the f...

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WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans)News report · Aug 26, 12:22 AM

New Orleans delays decision on proposed data center zoning rules

New Orleans planning commissioners delayed a decision on the city’s first proposed data center zoning rules for another 59 days, citing unanswered questions.

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Aug 26, 12:22 AM: WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) joined the source map.

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