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What happens when a data center moves into your community? A report from the University of Michigan’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program shows that when big tech comes to town, local communities get left holding the bag.

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Data centers drive up overall energy demand, straining the local power grid. To keep up, utility companies build costly new infrastructure and guess who pays for it? You do, through hiked utility rates.

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