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Data centers should offer cash, financial incentives to locals: Ted Cruz

Cruz says data center companies should compensate residents to address local opposition while expanding the industry.

Data centers should offer cash, financial incentives to locals: Ted Cruz
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Sen. Ted Cruz says technology companies should offer cash or cover residents’ electricity bills to address local opposition to data centers. He supports expanding the industry while calling for safeguards against effects on water supplies and power bills.

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