Indiana environmental advocate opposes data center incentives, citing threats to power affordability and sustainability
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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 pose the single largest threat to power affordability, reliability, and sustainability. He cites a tracker from the think-tank Good Jobs First to support his claims, warning that data centers drive up utility bills, worsen air and environmental quality, and lead to job losses as they replace human workers.
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bskyIndiana environmental advocate opposes data center incentives, citing threats to power affordability and sustainabilitychicagotribune.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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