US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials

<p>People across the country are pushing for moratoriums, and electeds who approve projects are being punished</p><p>Lenoxdatacenter.com <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28182726-lenox-data-center-website-before-changes/">went live</a> in May, promoting what it called a “proposed advanced technology and data center campus” in Michigan. The site did not state who wanted to build the center. Lenox Township officials denied anyone had applied to build one.</p><p>Emails obtained by residents through an <a href="https://www.lenoxdatacenterinfo.org/timeline-of-events/">open records request</a> showed, however, that developers had contacted the township supervisor and deputy supervisor asking for their support to build a datacenter.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/03/datacenter-recall-elections">Continue reading...</a>