Indiana environmental advocate opposes data center incentives, citing threats to power sector and jobs
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Maya Wilkins
Summary
An Indiana environmental and consumer advocate, Ben Inskeep of the Citizens Action Coalition, criticizes data center incentives as "madness," arguing that data centers threaten affordability, reliability, and sustainability of the power sector. He claims they lead to higher utility bills, worse air and environmental quality, and job losses as data centers are used as an excuse to replace human workers. The article references a tracker from the think-tank Good Jobs First to support these claims.
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bskyIndiana environmental advocate opposes data center incentives, citing threats to power sector and jobschicagotribune.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledData centers are the single largest threat to affordability, reliability and sustainability of our power sector
It's ushering in our own higher utility bills, worse air quality and worse environmental quality
It's also leading to a loss of jobs nationwide as data centers are being used as the excuse to fire humans
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