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Meta president Dina Powell McCormick says election backlash could make it harder for technology companies to build data centres, Neowin reports, citing remarks at the WSJ Tech Conference. She said Meta has five planned data centres and is concerned some investments could be lost.
Why it mattersPowell McCormick pointed to measures including paying for electricity, supporting local services and hiring locally as ways to win community backing. The practical test is whether those offers address residents’ concerns about land, power and water, or simply make the pitch sound friendlier.
Discuss: Should data-centre developers have to offer local benefits such as power payments and public-service funding to win approval, or should communities be able to reject projects regardless?
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