The county’s tax base has swelled thanks to the highest concentration of data centers anywhere. It’s already facing a future where those facilities stop gushing gobs of cash.
In data centers, thousands of computers constantly work on hard tasks related to AI. Keeping them cool is one of the biggest expenses a data center grapples with.
Since Monterey Park in California became the first city in the U.S. to ban data centers, activists across the country have sought them out for advice on pushing back against data centers in their cities.