Data Centers Were Once Boring Pieces of Campus Infrastructure. Now They're Political Flashpoints.
By Jeffrey R. Young As colleges build bigger facilities to meet artificial-intelligence demands, the centers have become symbols for tech-industry opposition, environmental concerns, and frustration…
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