How a small Wisconsin city scuttled a secretive $1.6bn datacenter project
Residents and local officials in Menomonie, Wisconsin, successfully opposed a proposed $1.6 billion hyperscale data center campus linked to Meta. The planned 320-acre development was expected to use about 75,000 gallons of water per day, reflecting growing community resistance to AI infrastructure projects.
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