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Sierra Club Wisconsin Applauds New Data Center Accountability Legislation

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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — Today, State Sen. Habush Sinykin and Rep. Angela Stroud introduced new legislation to bolster transparency and accountability as more tech companies look to build data centers across Wisconsin. There is currently no requirement that data centers pay the full costs of the extra infrastructure or pressure on the … [continued]

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A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative

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A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative

By Tom Perkins, Inside Climate News

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. This is the second of three articles about Michigan communities organizing to stop the construction of energy-intensive computing facilities.

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The $100,000 Mistake: Why H1-B Barriers and Policy Rollbacks Shrink America’s Future

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For most of the past half century, the H1-B visa program has been a conduit for global talent into the American economy. It has not been a minor contribution but a central driver of U.S. leadership in high technology. Scratch most successful firms of the last 50 years, and H1-B … [continued]

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