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

Mongabay
Oct 22, 2026, 1:16 pm107 pts
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. The promises come as anti-data center sentiment…

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