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  "id": 417616,
  "title": "US data center bans top 500, up from 300+ in late June, as New York and Texas join cities and counties pushing back against data center development (Shane Burke/The Information)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/us-data-center-bans-top-500-up-from-300-in-late-june-as-new-york-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-09T22:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-center-bans-top-500-new-york-texas-join-pushback"
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  "summary": "Local government resistance to data center development accelerated this summer, a warning sign for big AI companies such as Anthropic …",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/samsung-wants-to-bring-a-floating-data-center-to-texas-huge",
        "published": "2026-08-09T21:05:00.000Z"
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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."
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