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QUOTECHANDLER, AZ▶ 1:59:34 “How much water does this data center use per day?”CITY COUNCIL · DEC 1182,000+MEETING TRANSCRIPTS INDEXEDAGENDAPITTSBURGH, PAPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA POSTED4H AGO6,000+GOVERNING BODIES COVEREDTRANSCRIPTEDEN PRAIRIE, MNCOUNCIL MEETING TRANSCRIBED + INDEXED9H AGO50 STATES+ DC, ON ONE INDEXMEETINGPITTSBURGH, PASPECIAL SESSION NOTICED11H AGO

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▶ 1:18:29“We don't want data centers near our kids. We don't want data centers near our homes. We don't want them ruining our water source.”BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS · APR 7, 2026

▶ 5:15:29“Is this data center to just serve these data centers here, or the fear that you put in this substation and now more data centers show up?”PLANNING COMMISSION · MAR 11, 2026

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