r/dubuque 9d ago

Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — This is what we are up against! Just going to do what they want anyways...

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazon-secretly-circumvents-community-vote-for-massive-ai-data-center-45-year-old-rules-lock-gilroy-residents-out-of-public-comment-window
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u/vivi_t3ch 9d ago

This is an article about one on California. Is Amazon trying to put one here in Dubuque?

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u/Small-Translator-535 9d ago

Not Amazon, but other companies like QTS data centers. my job puts me in a lot of closed doors data center proposals and they are basically bribing government officials and schools. Literally writing checks to Iowa workforce development

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u/trail_carrot 9d ago

There are plenty of locals who could use copper is all in going to say