The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left

The Verge · Gaby Del Valle · 2d ago · 1 min · 0 views

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On a gray, humid Saturday morning in central Florida, a little under a dozen people gathered outside the Spring Hill Branch Library to protest the construction of a hyperscale data center in their community. There was no immediate threat - the Hernando County…

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