The 'world's most powerful AI data center' hit with massive class-action lawsuit — Wisconsin residents allege noise and extreme light pollution at $7.3 billion Microsoft mega-facility
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Mega AI data centers are now facing community-scale externalities — noise, light, dust — not just power and water politics. If you're planning large facilities, treat local social license as a gating constraint, not a PR afterthought.
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