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          "title": "‘We don’t matter to them’: Ypsilanti Township pushed back on University of Michigan, Los Alamos data center - ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4",
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          "title": "'We will fight to our very last breath': Michigan township uses 6 month power moratorium to stall U M, Los Alamos data center - The Cool Down",
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          "title": "U M selects site for joint data center with Los Alamos Laboratory - Detroit Free Press - Breaking news, sports, business, entertainment",
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