In Franklin Township, Indiana, local residents forced Google to withdraw plans for a massive data center (read my full post on that here). It was a rare victory for a community against Big Tech. But it wasn’t luck. The people won because they recognized and resisted the patterns corporations and their allies use to weaken communities.
This is the playbook, the repeated strategies you’ll see in fights over data centers and other large projects, plus the counter-moves communities have used to win.
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