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Thirty-nine data centers are already operating across Chicago. Backup diesel generators sit near residential blocks. Cooling systems draw from municipal water supplies. And your electricity bill doesn’t care whether the server farm powering someone’s cloud storage is three miles from your kitchen or thirty. Mayor Brandon Johnson has apparently seen enough. On Tuesday, he signed…

The Cherokee Nation has made its position on hyperscale data centers unmistakable: not on tribal or trust lands, and not anywhere inside the reservation without proper consultation. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. cited “serious concerns” about impacts to Cherokee reed in environmental and cultural stakes — not reflexive opposition to technology — and the distinction…