Environmental groups push to reign in data centers

News segment from FOX32 Chicago:

Jen Walling: We don’t really know how many data centers there are. We could expect anywhere from 100 to 195, they can be small or really large, but it’s impacting everyone already. Consumers were seeing their rates increase already last summer and those rates are due to Big Tech…

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On Aug. 11, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order calling for a pause on data center construction and expansion in the city of Chicago.