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Policy proposals, protests, and litigation targeting data center development are now active simultaneously across the United States.
In each case, opponents are reaching for the same reference: Elon Musk's Memphis AI operation and its Colossus facility. Memphis has become the epicenter of a national backlash.
The cautionary-tale designation does specific work in regulatory and legislative proceedings. A local grievance about a proposed data center is one argument.
That same grievance attached to a named, prominent precedent carries more weight.
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