The data center nightmare uniting MAGA voters and socialist Democrats
The stream that coursed over Maily Kocinski’s Wisconsin family farm for 47 years dried up after construction began on Meta’s AI data center in nearby Beaver Dam. The state’s natural resources department left her repeated requests for help unanswered. Private testing found heavy metals in the stream, and Kocinski urged lawmakers to pass protections.
- ▪The stream that coursed over Maily Kocinski’s Wisconsin family farm for 47 years dried up after construction began on Meta’s AI data center in nearby Beaver Dam.
- ▪The state’s natural resources department left her repeated requests for help unanswered.
- ▪Private testing found heavy metals in the stream, and Kocinski urged lawmakers to pass protections.
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The stream that coursed over Maily Kocinski’s Wisconsin family farm for 47 years dried up after construction began on Meta’s AI data center in nearby Beaver Dam. When it returned, it ran murky white. The state’s natural resources department left her repeated requests for help unanswered. Private testing found heavy metals in the stream, and Kocinski urged lawmakers to pass protections. A bill proposed to protect Wisconsin ratepayers and the energy grid passed the Assembly but stalled in the Senate.Residents like Kocinski, and people across the country, deserve protection for their water and their air.
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