Scholar Warns of Governance Gaps as African Data Centers Face Community Backlash

Microsoft researcher Chinasa T. Okolo writes in her newsletter about risks from Africa's rapid data center expansion amid community backlash, noting that many countries lack community compensation mechanisms and green power requirements.

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