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"but most people think it's ok."

How would you know what "most people" think? Broad generalizations and opinion stated as fact.

If you live in the area, it's easy to say that. There's no protests in the local parks. There's no shouting matches at city council meetings.

I say this as a person living in a town where they are building a bunch of data centers, and nobody cares about the existing industrial areas which include factories and heavy industry. No protests, no shouting matches at city council meetings. None of that. Granted, those were built a long time ago.

That's a few people, not most people.

Most people don't show up to the data center protests. Most people probably are probably not aware of planned industrial development in the rural north part of my town. Most people probably don't read enough local news to be aware. My general feeling. I haven't done a count, but gut feeling maybe 1% of homes and businesses in my town have "Say NO to Data Centers" signs.

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