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      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "How Amazon Built a Data Center in a California Town Without Anyone Noticing - WSJ",
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        {
          "title": "EPA ECHO detailed facility report: AWS Data Center Gilroy, SFO069",
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        {
          "title": "Gilroy Refutes Charges that Parcels at Amazon Data Center Site Were Illegally Drawn",
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