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Chesapeake just slapped new brakes on data centers—requiring city council approval for each one, after a controversial proposal was denied last year. With cloud computing and AI fueling demand, the city joins others weighing bans or balance, even pausing development for eight months to plan. Residents flooded City Hall with protests, hauling a donkey to protest farmland loss, water use, and noise. Council’s now eyeing a full ban while drafting detailed rules—this is just the first step in their messy, community-driven reckoning.

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