Illinois weighs impact of data center boom
SPRINGFIELD (The Daily Yonder) -- In the early 2000s, Lori McKiernan worked in a data center outside Denver, Colorado, for a stint during her career with United Airlines. Two decades later, she’s leading an organized effort to pause data center development where she now lives in Sangamon County, Illinois. This new crop of data centers, which are springing up around rural America to power artificial intelligence, is different, McKiernan said. “I’m not against data centers. But I must say, the more I […]
