{
  "id": 14181246,
  "title": "Former IBM town in New York pushes back on 1-gigawatt AI data centre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/former-ibm-town-in-new-york-pushes-back-on-1-gigawatt-ai-data-centre",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:39:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/a-new-york-town-once-known-for-ibm-is-resisting-a-1-gigawatt-ai-data-centre-residents-fear-the-cost-of-powering-it/articleshow/134913605.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "East Fishkill is deliberating over a proposed 1-gigawatt artificial intelligence data center planned by Treetop Companies. Residents have organized protests and fear the larger facility would strain the local electricity supply and increase costs. The town board has initiated a three-year moratorium to study the effects of such developments on local resources. Concerns include environmental…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}