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They fought against datacenters. Now they are running for local offices
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Community organizers who successfully campaigned against local datacenter construction are now transitioning from activism to electoral politics. Activists in areas like Monterey Park, California, are running for municipal office to challenge incumbents who supported large technology infrastructure projects.
WHY IT MATTERS
This trend demonstrates how grassroots opposition to massive technological infrastructure is directly reshaping local government leadership and municipal policy.
Across the US, anti-datacenter organizers are harnessing community anger to win local electionsAfter four months of teach-ins and canvassing, Steven Kung helped Monterey Park, just east of Los Angeles, become the first US city to ban datacenter construction. Now, the organizer is running for city council – and he’s taking on an incumbent who supported the development of the sprawling facility.“The datacenter coming to my neighborhood turned my life upside down,” said Kung. “I saw that there’s a...
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