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  1. Microsoft Mount Pleasant AI Campus Expansion: Water Risks and Policy Debate

    Microsoft’s push to plant 15 more datacenter campuses in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, underscores a sobering paradox at the heart of the AI boom: hyperscalers promise local economic benefits and technological leadership while quietly reshaping the environmental and infrastructure footprints of...
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  2. Microsoft's Community-First AI Infrastructure: Promise, Risks, and Policy

    Microsoft’s new “Community‑First” pledge for AI datacenters landed with the kind of theatrical polish Microsoft excels at, but the reaction from the ground — from grassroots activists to snarky social feeds and skeptical local officials — made one thing clear: promises alone will not persuade...
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