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Teacher arrested for applauding opponents of AI data center
A 37-year-old teacher was arrested during a city council meeting in Kansas after applauding a speaker who opposed a proposed data center. The city approved the zoning change for the Flint Hills Digital Campus project anyway, while critics warned about strain on the power grid and water quality.
WHY IT MATTERS
The case illustrates growing conflict around AI data center expansion in the US, where communities face power and environmental challenges, and where opposition is met with a harder hand. Oregon is currently the only state that has passed legislation requiring data centers to cover their share of river restoration costs.
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