Activist evicted in 2024 puts $5B Maryland AI data center on hold
ATTlKA · x · 2026-11-12
An Maryland activist who was evicted in 2024 has helped halt a $5 billion AI data center planned for the site of a mall that closed in 2002. The reposting author mocks the anti-data-center movement as economically illiterate, arguing communities are blocking massive tax-revenue projects over vacant parking lots — a window into the escalating local resistance to AI data center buildouts in the US.
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