Data Centers Threaten Neighborhoods

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As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows

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Data centers are becoming fixtures of the American landscape, popping up in towns, cities and suburbs across the U.S. Demand for data centers has ballooned in recent years due to the rapid growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

But as data centers begin to move into more densely populated areas, abutting homes and schools, parks and recreation centers, some residents are pushing back against them.

In Morrow County , Oregon , Amazon Web Services has built at least five data centers surrounding the 4,200 -person town of Boardman .

Last year , AWS , which is owned by Amazon , paid roughly $34 million in property taxes and fees after receiving a $66 million tax break.

Some residents are skeptical of the scale of tax break deals.

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