‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

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Residents of East Fishkill, New York, are divided over a proposed data center and whether its benefits outweigh its costs. The debate is unfolding in a community with a long history in technology, including a former 460-acre IBM semiconductor research and manufacturing campus.

Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsides For decades, East Fishkill helped build New York’s tech industry. The hamlet, located 70 miles north of New York City, was home to a 460-acre campus where IBM researched and manufactured semiconductor chips for nearly fifty years. Continue reading...