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How a small Wisconsin city scuttled a secretive $1.6bn datacenter project
Residents of Menomonie mounted a successful protest against a huge campus in the city as national resistance to the AI boom grows
In the spring of 2025, Sydney Brennan was riding high. The 22-year-old was finishing college and was a newly elected councilwoman in Menomonie, a city of about 17,000 in the lush plains of north-western Wisconsin.
Weeks into the new job, she was invited to a meeting with consultants pitching a $1.6bn AI hyperscale datacenter campus that an undisclosed big tech company wanted to build just outside of town. The project’s numbers were eye-opening: a 320-acre site that would use an estimated 75,000 gallons of water per day, making it the most significant development in Menomonie’s nearly 150-year history.
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Hebron siege continues for 10th day as Israel threatens wider offensive
Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London
Arrests come ahead of Wednesday’s supreme court challenge to the ban on the direct action group
Police have said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London against the proscription of Palestine Action.
In updated arrest figures released on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said 320 people were detained outside the building in Battersea, south London, for allegedly expressing support for an organisation banned under the Terrorism Act.
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Could Apple's Latest iPhone Be Its Biggest Growth Catalyst in Years?
Could Apple's Latest iPhone Be Its Biggest Growth Catalyst in Years?
Could Apple's Latest iPhone Be Its Biggest Growth Catalyst in Years?
A record number of health professionals are running for office. Could they help heal US politics?
A record number of health professionals are running for office. Could they help heal US politics?
Drew Brees Breaks Down Vikings Elite Defense, Jared Goff's & Michael Penix's Play this Season & more
Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power
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