‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Left · Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:00:28 GMT

Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsidesFor decades, East Fishkill helped build New York’s tech industry.The hamlet, located 70 miles north of New York City, was home to a 460-acre campus where IBM researched and manufactured semiconductor chips for nearly 50 years. Continue reading...

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