‘This is very real redlining’: outrage in Little Rock as two datacenters loom

<p>Critics decry proposed hyperscale projects, fearing overuse of water and electricity, and ‘appropriating rural, Black-owned land<strong> </strong>for industrial purposes<strong>’</strong></p><p>There seems to be a fight over datacenters in nearly every city in the US right now. And amid the extreme polarization of today’s politics, the opposition tends to be bipartisan.</p><p>“I would say it’s kind of the far left and the far right ran into each other and had a hug,” said Frank Scott Jr, mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. “But they come at it from different perspectives.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/datacenters-little-rock-arkansas">Continue reading...</a>