American Pulse News (2026)

09/06/2026

BREAKING : 🇺🇸 Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario” in an Instagram Reel.

“First of all, they don’t have the power to build this. They don’t have the water. It doesn’t belong there. It would be an enormous monstrosity, an absolute eyesore, and detract in every way from not only that zoo, but that area,” Paisley said in his video, which he posted collaboratively with the zoo Saturday. The Nashville Zoo, which had 1.4 million visitors last year, has over 3,700 animals and represents over 350 species. It is “one of the top zoos in the world,” Paisley said in his post.

The video comes days after the zoo created a petition and promoted it on social media, which brought national attention to the dispute and had amassed 331,824 signatures and over 126,599 shares Monday afternoon. The zoo’s president and CEO, Rick Schwartz, said in an interview Friday he was particularly concerned about its impact on rare and vulnerable species at the facility, such as the clouded leopard, whose population the zoo is working to conserve.

Paisley, a Nashville resident, is so far the most widely recognized figure to push back against the project.

“No one has shared studies or environmental impact assessments. Just their word. That’s why the Nashville Zoo is asking the community to join in vehemently opposing the proposed data center being built adjacent to the Zoo,” the petition says.

The proposed data center is from DC BLOX, an Atlanta-based company that specializes in building and operating data centers as a service to “hyperscalers, enterprises, communications providers, and technology companies,” according to its website. With 23 data centers in operation and development, DC BLOX aims to expand the number of data centers across the country. “More data centers are required outside the major cities nearer to edge markets to house the necessary technology to run services closer to data producers and consumers,” its website says.

A spokesperson for DC BLOX told NBC News on Friday that he did not immediately know what the data center would be used for or whether AI companies would be among its customers. However, the spokesperson said it would “not be an AI factory placing a burden on local resources and is proposed on a site that had previously operated a data center.”

The zoo says the noise could disturb some of its animals and nearby residents. Out of that concern, it is fighting the data center.

“As we move forward, we have taken the next step in our fight against the proposed data center,” the zoo wrote in a comment to NBC News. “Our Land Use Attorney and former Metro Codes Director Bill Herbert has filed a zoning appeal with the city. The goal of this appeal is to overturn the permits that DC BLOX has filed and that have been approved.”

While the zoo waits for the zoning appeal to be addressed, it is urging community members to attend a session Thursday at which the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County will debate legislation that would prohibit data centers larger than 500,000 square feet and require them to be built at least half a mile away from homes, schools and zoos.

Nashville residents have voiced their concern to Mayor Freddie O’Connell, who “is working closely with our Department of Law and Metro departments to ensure large-scale data centers don’t harm our local communities,” Julie Oaks Smith, chief communications officer for the mayor’s office, wrote to NBC News in a comment. “We are looking at what options are available under the law for the mayor and the Metro government to implement safeguards to protect our air, water, and rate payers, and keep our neighborhoods and our residents from being negatively impacted by these facilities.”

The petition comes amid a nationwide pushback against the development of data centers near communities and neighborhoods, because of environmental, noise and health concerns, alongside increasing frustration with tech and AI in general.

Paisley often weaves social commentary and complex issues into his music, and outside of his music career, he remains engaged on cultural and philanthropic issues. He and his wife helped start a nonprofit organization in 2020 called The Store, which is a free, referral-based grocery store in Nashville that fights food insecurity. Paisley also joined U-24, a platform to raise money and support Ukraine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded in January 2023.

“Nashville Zoo is overwhelmed with gratitude for the support from the community as we continue our fight against the proposed data center. We would like to take this time to thank Brad Paisley, a dear friend of the Zoo for making a public statement on our behalf,” the zoo wrote to NBC News

07/06/2026

🚀 THEY COULDN’T BUILD DATA CENTERS ON YOUR LAND. THEY COULDN’T GET ENOUGH WATER. THEY’RE RUNNING OUT OF COPPER AND ELECTRICITY. SO NOW THEY’RE BUILDING THEM ON THE MOON. 🚀

This is the article that will make people think you’re sharing something from a science fiction movie. It is not.

It is real. It is documented. It is funded. It is already in orbit. And it represents the most extraordinary admission Big Tech has ever made — that the situation on Earth has become so impossible that they are now seriously investing in data centers in outer space.

Not as a joke. Not as a PR stunt. As a genuine business strategy backed by hundreds of millions of dollars and the most powerful space program ever built.

A DATA CENTER ALREADY LANDED ON THE MOON

Let’s start with the fact that most people don’t know — because it happened quietly, without the fanfare it deserved.

A startup called LoneStar Data Holdings placed a small data storage device on the surface of the moon — on the Intuitive Machines Odysseus lunar lander mission. The device successfully transmitted video, documents, and AI analytics back to Earth. It was the first time a data center had ever operated on the surface of the moon. And it was only the beginning of LoneStar’s plan.

A data center. On the moon. Successfully transmitting AI analytics back to Earth.

That already happened. The moon already has a data center on it. And the companies behind it are now preparing to make it permanent.

LoneStar Data Holdings plans to have data centers orbiting the moon by 2028 and located on the lunar surface by the early 2030s. An upcoming SpaceX rocket launch will carry another LoneStar payload into orbit as the next major test. The company’s founder told Fox Business that space is “unique” in the cooling and energy properties available — because in space there is no water crisis, no electricity grid to strain, no community opposition, and unlimited solar energy available 24 hours a day.

No water crisis. No electricity grid. No community meetings. No moratoriums. No mayors signing NDAs. No dry wells. No 81-year-old widows who can’t pay their bills.

Just the vacuum of space. Unlimited solar power. And zero human beings to complain.

That is what Big Tech is building toward. A world where the infrastructure that powers AI exists beyond the reach of any community, any government, any voter, any lawsuit, any election.

In orbit. On the moon. Beyond democracy’s reach.

🛸 AND ELON MUSK JUST FILED FOR A MILLION-SATELLITE DATA CENTER NETWORK

On January 28, 2026 — just months ago — SpaceX submitted detailed plans to the Federal Communications Commission for a massive constellation of computing satellites that would function as an orbital data center network. The FCC accepted the filing on February 2 and established a public comment period. On February 4, 2026, Musk publicly predicted that within three years the most economically compelling location for AI computing would shift from Earth to orbit.

Three years. That is Musk’s timeline. By 2029 — according to the man who is simultaneously running DOGE, building Colossus in Memphis, suing OpenAI, and filing plans for a million-satellite network — it will be cheaper and better to run AI in space than on Earth.

Musk is also targeting the Moon as a manufacturing and logistics hub for AI infrastructure. SpaceX’s Starship — designed to carry up to 200 tonnes per flight — would transport cargo including satellites and equipment to lunar sites. He said: “Factories on the Moon can take advantage of lunar resources to manufacture satellites and deploy them further into space.” The proposal represents an extreme response to familiar industry challenges around energy availability, sustainability, and long-term scalability.

Factories on the moon. Manufacturing satellites. Deployed further into space. From a man who currently oversees the federal government’s budget cuts.

This is not science fiction. This is a formal FCC filing. With a public comment period. That the FCC Chairman promoted on his social media account.

GOOGLE IS ALREADY TRAINING AI IN SPACE

Here is the part that proves this is not just talk.

In December 2025 — just six months ago — Nvidia-backed startup Starcloud successfully trained a Google Gemma AI model in orbit. This used commercial-grade Nvidia H100 GPUs — the most powerful AI chips available. It was the first definitive proof that complex AI workloads could be executed in space. This single demonstration shifted the entire industry’s assessment of space-based computing from theoretical to validated. Capital immediately began flowing in at a dramatically larger scale.

Google. Training an AI model. In orbit. With Nvidia chips. Successfully. Six months ago.

The technology works. It has been proven. The money is now following.

Between 2021 and 2024, total investment in orbital data center startups was measured in the tens of millions. From 2025 onward — following the Starcloud demonstration — investment jumped to hundreds of millions. K2 Space raised $250 million in a single round. Multiple other companies raised eight and nine-figure rounds. Google launched Project Suncatcher — a strategic initiative to develop solar-powered orbital computing infrastructure. The market has transformed in 12 months from speculative concept to validated business.

From tens of millions to hundreds of millions. In 12 months. Because AI in space now demonstrably works.

WHY SPACE ACTUALLY SOLVES EVERY PROBLEM — AND CREATES NEW ONES

Here is the honest explanation of why this is genuinely appealing to Big Tech — and why it should terrify everyone else.

Space-based data centers solve AI’s fundamental problems simultaneously: in low Earth orbit, solar panels receive sunlight 24 hours a day — eliminating the need for the grid power that is straining PJM to the breaking point. The near-absolute-zero temperature of space provides natural cooling — eliminating the need for the millions of gallons of water that dried up Patsy Bode’s well in Indiana. And the regulatory environment in space is essentially nonexistent — no zoning laws, no community meetings, no environmental impact reviews, no recall elections, no NDAs needed.

No water. No grid. No community opposition. No democracy.

For an industry that has spent 2026 being sued, voted out, moratoriumed, regulated, recalled, protested, and Molotov-cocktailed — the appeal of operating beyond the reach of any earthly authority is obvious.

But the costs are brutal. Launching even a small data center to orbit costs tens of thousands of dollars per kilogram. Repairing failed hardware in space is essentially impossible. Radiation degrades electronics far faster than on Earth. And the latency — the time it takes for a signal to travel from space to Earth and back — makes real-time applications impractical from anything beyond low Earth orbit. The moon, which is 250,000 miles away, introduces delays that make it suitable only for archival storage, not active computing.

The costs are astronomical. The maintenance is impossible. The latency is brutal. The moon is only good for storage.

And yet — the money is still flowing. The FCC filings are still being approved. The rockets are still being loaded.

Because the alternative — dealing with 188 community opposition groups, a broken PJM grid, copper shortages, water crises, and politicians who keep getting voted out — is apparently worse.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Read every article in this series again — with this one in mind.

Patsy Bode lost her well. Because Amazon needed water for data centers. They could have put those data centers in space — where there is no water needed.

The 81-year-old widow in Hampton can’t pay her electricity bill. Because data centers are straining the grid. They could have put those data centers in space — where there is unlimited solar power.

The farmers of Arizona are leaving fields unplanted. Because data centers are drinking the aquifer. They could have put those data centers in space — where there is no aquifer to drain.

The community of Festus, Missouri voted out every politician who approved a data center. They could have put that data center in space — where there are no voters.

Big Tech has known about the space option the entire time. And they chose to build on Earth first — because it was cheaper. Because they could use your farmland, your water, your electricity, and your tax breaks.

And now — as the communities of America fight back, as the wells run dry, as the grid breaks, as the copper runs out, as the politicians get voted out — they are preparing their escape route.

Not to another state. Not to another country.

To the moon.

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📌 Source: Fox Business — “Data centers in outer space emerge as solution to AI’s massive energy requirements” (January 14, 2026)

04/06/2026

BREAKING : 🇺🇸 After agreeing to scale down the Stratos Project data center in Box Elder County, Kevin O’Leary is admitting that he ‘screwed up’ the initial rollout of the plans and saying that he should have addressed environmental concerns from the beginning.

After agreeing to the demands in the letter sent by Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams, including a 75% reduction in size of developed land, Kevin O’Leary sat down for another interview with ABC4.com’s chief political correspondent Lindsay Aerts.

“Here’s what I think now at this point, I think the two of us [O’Leary and Adams] really screwed this up initially,” O’Leary said. “That’s what I think. I think we made huge mistakes. We made some assumptions that were just not right.”

He said that he was not expecting this kind of intense blowback from the public, and instead, he thought people would be excited that he would be investing $15 billion in the local economy.

“We really screwed it up,” he said. “We pi**ed off a lot of people, and that’s not the way I do business. That’s not.”

He didn’t go as far as to apologize for the way this has played out, but he said that the best thing he can do now for the people of Box Elder County is to do exactly what he is doing now in responding and conceding to the demands from Adam’s letter.

“I care about the people of Box Elder. I mean, they’re my partners in this because I want to employ a bunch of them, thousands of them, and there’s 66,000 people there, and I want to pay taxes there,” he said. “And I want to be a contributor to the community there and build something I’m very proud of, and I want them to be proud of it too, so the only way to do that is for me to communicate the process transparently.”

O’Leary added that he’s now taking a step he’s never done before: personally taking over communications for this project. He said that he doesn’t want anybody speaking on his behalf.

“The permitting process is transparent. All the plans are going to be transparent. All the design is going to be transparent,” he said. “Everything we do is going to be transparent because I I’m not happy with where we’re at right now. I don’t I don’t like being beaten up like this. It’s not who I am, and I’m very unhappy about it.”

When asked about O’Leary’s comments, Brenna Williams with the Box Elder Accountability Referendum (BEAR) group told ABC4.com, “I think they’ve mastered performance art, is what I think has happened.”

Williams also said that she just doesn’t understand why O’Leary is pushing for the project to be in Box Elder. “There are places who really want this project. For him to be fighting so hard to put it here, seems kind of ridiculous because there are places who really want it,” she said. “I’m not so sure he’d get the same tax concessions as he got in Utah, but he could try. And they would open their arms to him and be grateful for the opportunity. In Box Elder, we don’t want it.”

Most of the land O’Leary has removed from the project area was land next to the Springs Waterfowl Management Area, but Williams said that’s not enough to protect the birds. “What he doesn’t understand is Box Elder County is just too vulnerable for a project of the scale of any kind out in that area. It just won’t work and still preserve the bird refuge in the migratory flyways,” she said.

Additionally, O’Leary revealed that the federal government is a potential tenant for the data center, and it will likely be multiple agencies. He said that it also will be related to national security, and he hopes that Utah can be a contributor to national security.

“Everybody’s interested in Utah, all of them, so I had a talk to all of them,” he said.

04/06/2026

BREAKING : 🇺🇸 🗽 NEW YORK STATE IS ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY — THE FIRST STATEWIDE DATA CENTER BAN IN AMERICA

As of this week — right now — New York State lawmakers are racing to pass a vote that has never happened anywhere in the United States before.

New York state lawmakers plan to pass a one-year moratorium on new data center projects before the end of the legislative session THIS WEEK. If approved, it would be the first statewide moratorium of its kind in the entire country. The moratorium would place a hold on all large data center projects and require a full environmental impact study on data center development across the state. It would also require data centers to eventually rely mostly on renewable energy sources and require owners to fund projects that benefit the communities in which they locate.

The legislation was introduced by Democratic state Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Democratic Assemblywoman Didi Barrett. Both the Senate and the Assembly are expected to pass it. The bill would impose a one-year moratorium on the approval of new large-scale data centers while state regulators study their environmental and energy impacts.

One entire state. Telling Big Tech: NOT HERE. NOT NOW.

The moratorium is backed by more than 150 community, consumer, environmental and faith organizations from throughout New York. Nearly 500 small business owners from across the state sent a letter to Governor Hochul and the legislature calling for its passage and signing.

500 small business owners. 150 organizations. All saying the same thing: ENOUGH.

🏖️ VIRGINIA BEACH JUST SLAMMED THE DOOR ON BIG TECH FOREVER

And New York isn’t alone. Not even close.

The Virginia Beach City Council voted this week to reject ALL future large-scale data center development in the city. Mayor Bobby Dyer said the council would not entertain any data centers in the city. Residents who attended the meeting applauded the move, with several thanking the council for choosing community concerns over data center development.

Not a pause. Not a study. A permanent rejection. Virginia Beach — one of the most strategically important cities in America for internet infrastructure — just told the world’s most powerful tech companies: you are not welcome here.

🗺️ AND CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS AMERICA ARE DOING THE SAME THING — ALL AT ONCE

This is the part that should be on the front page of every newspaper in America.

In just the past week alone: Howard County, Maryland passed a moratorium through November 2027. Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin adopted a 12-month pause on hyperscale data centers. Little Rock, Arkansas passed a new ordinance regulating water, noise, and utilities from data centers. Augusta, Georgia commissioners approved a 49-day moratorium. And in Big Beaver Borough, Pennsylvania, a proposed 382-acre data center drew a capacity crowd to a town hall meeting — with police standing guard outside.

Police standing guard. At a town hall. About a data center. That is how intense this has become.

🌴 FLORIDA AND OKLAHOMA JUST MADE BIG TECH PAY ITS FAIR SHARE

Meanwhile, two states are taking a different approach — and it’s hitting the tech industry right in the wallet.

Florida Governor DeSantis signed SB 484 into law on May 7 — taking effect July 1 — barring utilities from passing data center costs onto residential and small-business ratepayers. The law requires large-scale data center users consuming 50 megawatts or more to pay their full cost of service. Oklahoma signed a similar law on May 11, imposing matching cost-allocation rules on facilities using 75 megawatts or more.

Translation: No more making you pay for Big Tech’s electricity. They pay for it themselves. Like everyone else.

Ron DeSantis and progressive New York Democrats agreeing on something. That alone tells you how serious this has gotten.

💰 MEANWHILE BIG TECH JUST ANNOUNCED THE MOST INSANE SPENDING NUMBERS IN HISTORY

Here is the jaw-dropping contrast that explains everything.

While communities across America are banning, blocking, and fighting data centers this week — the companies behind them just announced spending figures that are almost impossible to comprehend.

Alphabet — Google’s parent company — announced plans to raise up to $80 BILLION through equity offerings to fund its massive expansion of AI infrastructure. Google Cloud revenue grew 63% in a single quarter. AWS posted its fastest growth in 15 quarters. Microsoft’s AI revenue surpassed $37 billion at a 123% year-over-year growth rate.

$80 billion. Raised in one move. By one company. To build more data centers.

In May, Texas was officially reported to have overtaken Northern Virginia as the world’s top primary data center market. CloudBurst Data Centers alone just broke ground on a 1.2 GIGAWATT flagship data center campus in Texas — one of the largest ever announced.

More data centers going up in Texas. More bans going into effect in New York, Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin, and Arkansas. The collision between Big Tech’s ambitions and America’s communities has arrived.

⚡ AND THE NUMBERS PROVE WHY PEOPLE ARE SO FURIOUS

A Bloomberg analysis found that 70% of places with RISING electric rates were within 50 miles of significant data center activity. Household electricity rates nationally increased 13% in 2025 alone. And data centers’ electricity consumption is predicted to grow by over 9,000 megawatts — roughly twice as high as ALL the electricity used by every household in New York State combined.

Twice the electricity of every home in New York. From data centers alone.

State Senator Kristen Gonzalez said it simply: “All we’re trying to say is that it is reasonable to have a pause — a moratorium on the building of new data centers — so that we can plan for our energy future. So that we can protect our environment.”

A pause. That’s all people are asking for. A moment to breathe. A moment to plan. A moment to decide — together, as a community — whether this is what we actually want.

Here is where things stand RIGHT NOW in America:

On one side — Google raising $80 billion, Microsoft raking in $37 billion in AI revenue, Amazon growing faster than ever, Meta spending $27 billion on a single campus in Louisiana.

On the other side — New York about to pass the first statewide data center ban in American history. Virginia Beach slamming the door shut. Towns in Wisconsin, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, and Pennsylvania following right behind.

This is the defining battle of 2026. It is happening right now. In your state. In your county. In your town.

And the outcome depends entirely on whether ordinary Americans keep speaking up — or go quiet.

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📌 SOURCES:
WXXI News / New York Public News Network — New York to Adopt Nation-First Moratorium on Data Centers (June 2, 2026)
Washington Examiner — NY on Track to Pass Yearlong Data Center Ban Despite Opposition (June 2, 2026)
Spectrum News 1 NY — New York Lawmakers Could Vote on Data Center Moratorium This Week (June 3, 2026)
Food & Water Watch — NY State Legislators and Advocates Demand AI Data Center Moratorium (June 1, 2026)
Data Centers Daily Notes / Strisker — June 3, 2026 Digest: Virginia Beach Bans, New York Moves, Moratoriums Spreading (June 3, 2026)
DataCenterBans.com — Data Center Moratoriums Tracker (June 1, 2026)
TechStartups — Top Tech News Today, June 2, 2026: Alphabet’s $80B Raise (June 2, 2026)
Data Center Knowledge — New Data Center Developments: June 2026 (June 3, 2026)
AOL / Nexstar — Democrats in New York Propose Moratorium on New Data Centers

03/06/2026

This is not an exaggeration. This is not a political opinion. This is what researchers at Caltech and UC Riverside found — and Big Tech is furious that you’re reading it.

The AI revolution is coming with a body count. And the victims are going to be your neighbors.

🔬 WHAT THE SCIENCE ACTUALLY SAYS

A report by Caltech and the University of California Riverside estimates that data center air pollution will contribute to 1,300 premature deaths every year in the United States by 2030 — disproportionately affecting low-income communities who live closest to these facilities.

On top of those deaths, the same data center pollution is projected to cause approximately 600,000 asthma symptom cases per year — exceeding one-third of all asthma deaths in America annually. The total public health burden is estimated at more than $20 billion per year in healthcare costs, lost wages, and missed school days.

$20 billion a year. Paid by sick Americans. So tech billionaires can build more data centers.

💨 WHERE DOES THE POISON COME FROM?

Most data centers rely on large banks of diesel backup generators to ensure uninterrupted power around the clock. These generators constantly emit nitrogen oxides, particulate pollution, and carbon monoxide — pollutants directly linked to asthma, heart disease, and premature death. The facilities are often built close to residential areas, creating significant health impacts for surrounding communities.

A single large data center can create air pollution equivalent to driving a car for more than 10,000 round trips between Los Angeles and New York City. And critically — scientists confirmed that there is no absolutely safe exposure level when it comes to the tiny particles these facilities emit. Being within legal pollution limits does not mean the air is healthy.

Your neighbor’s asthma. Your child’s respiratory problems. Your father’s heart disease. The data center three miles away may be contributing to all of it.

🏘️ VIRGINIA: THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE

In Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” — the most concentrated hub of data centers on Earth — research found that data center operations have sharply increased local air pollutant emissions through their round-the-clock energy demands, fossil fuel power generation, and diesel backup generators. These emissions are contributing to both acute respiratory and cardiovascular effects and long-term health risks including chronic disease, adverse reproductive outcomes, and premature death.

A new peer-reviewed study published in 2026 — the first of its kind — found that for children living near data centers, the constant 24/7 noise and pollution could cause devastating long-term health consequences, potentially impacting their cognitive development permanently.

Children growing up near these facilities may be cognitively damaged for life. And it’s happening right now in communities across America.

🤐 BIG TECH’S RESPONSE? ATTACK THE SCIENTISTS.

When this research went public, Meta, Microsoft, and Google all issued statements pushing back against the findings. A Google spokesperson called the paper an “inaccurate emissions estimate” that promotes “a false narrative of health harms.”

A false narrative. That’s what Google calls 1,300 dead Americans per year.

These are the same companies spending billions lobbying Washington. The same companies getting billions in tax breaks. And when scientists say their buildings are killing people — they call it fake news.

🗣️ THE BOTTOM LINE

The AI industry is making trillions. The people living next to their buildings are getting sick. And when scientists prove it — the companies call it a lie.

1,300 Americans dead per year by 2030. 600,000 asthma cases. $20 billion in healthcare costs.

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📌 Source: Caltech / UC Riverside — “Air Pollution and the Public Health Costs of AI” (published via Environmental Health Sciences, updated June 2026)

03/06/2026

BREAKING :🇺🇸 North Dakota residents just saw their power bills jump 33.6%. The reason is glowing on the horizon.

On April 28, 2026, a social media user posted a photo on X showing what she described as light pollution from a data center in North Dakota. Taken on a cloudy night, the image shows an artificial glow blazing across the horizon and washing out the sky from miles away. It went viral within hours.

The post landed in the middle of a growing wave of resident frustration. In rural Crowell, Texas, one homeowner wrote that nearby data center lighting was "polluting the sky so badly you cannot even see the stars." Similar complaints have surfaced in New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin and Virginia. A Marquette Law School poll found that 70% of Wisconsin residents now believe the benefits aren't worth the cost.

The U.S. has over 4,000 data centers — nearly eight times the number of any other country. North Dakota residents have seen power bills jump 33.6% as new facilities come online to feed AI and cloud computing demand.

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