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      "source": "https://capitalbnews.org/secret-data-center-deal-marion-county-south-carolina/",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "A Rural S.C. County Quietly Approved a $2B Data Center During the Winter Storm - capitalbnews.org",
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