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In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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This is just like with the crypto mining. Energy market regulations are made by idiots, so it's easier to just ban the business altogether than charge them more for electricity and other resources