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The AI boom and demand for data centers

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KTUV, August 2026

Data centers are promising jobs, investment and economic growth, but neighbors want to know what comes with them. The fight playing out in Bay Area communities is part of a much bigger national debate over who benefits and who bears the cost. Daniel Aldrich, a Dean’s Professor of Resilience at Northeastern University, gives insight.

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