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California cities pull the plug on data centers after state regulations don’t scale up fast enough

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Although California lawmakers recently passed a suite of laws intended to bring transparency to the development of new data centers, local communities across the state are signaling that disclosure isn’t enough. California currently ranks third among U.S.

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    Although California lawmakers recently passed a suite of laws intended to bring transparency to the development of new data centers, local communities across the state are signaling that disclosure isn’t enough. California currently ranks third among U.S.

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