A small town in Oregon is celebrating after officially stopping a large data center from being built in their community.
The La Pine City Council voted unanimously to reject the proposed project.
The proposal called for a massive 20-megawatt data center, which raised concerns among residents about energy use, water consumption, noise, and whether the project would truly benefit the community.
BlackRock and Palantir frequently appeared in local community discussions, even though the data center was being built by Boxminer.