The data center industry has imported tobacco and fossil fuel influence tactics: opaque nonprofit front groups sharing website templates and ad IDs, super PAC-funded influencers and sockpuppet accounts, and community forums engineered to keep residents off the microphone. It works because property tax limits have left municipalities dependent on exactly this kind of capital, and because residents who win elections and lawsuits still watch projects proceed.
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🔗 Big Tech’s PR Playbook for Overcoming Data Center Opponents
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