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How a small Wisconsin city scuttled a secretive $1.6bn datacenter project
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Residents of Menomonie mounted a successful protest against a huge campus proposed by Meta – and community resistance to the AI boom is growing In the spring of 2025, Sydney Brennan was riding high. The 22-year-old was finishing college and was a newly elected councilwoman in Menomonie, a city of about 17,000 in the…
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- The Guardian
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- 01 November 2026 · 17:00 UTC
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- 01 November 2026 · 17:15 UTC
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- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/01/wisconsin-city-menomie-meta-datacenter
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