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          "title": "Raeden claims Michigan moratorium unlawfully stopped its Gibraltar data center development - Data Center Dynamics",
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          "summary": "Raeden proposed to repurpose McLouth Steel industrial site into 100 megawatt inference data center",
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          "title": "‘We don’t matter to them’: Ypsilanti Township pushed back on University of Michigan, Los Alamos data center - clickondetroit.com",
          "url": "https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2026/08/12/we-dont-matter-to-them-ypsilanti-township-pushed-back-on-university-of-michigan-los-alamos-data-center/",
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          "title": "Resistance Grows Against MI Data Center That Would Fuel Nuclear Weapons Research - Truthout",
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          "title": "‘We don’t deserve this’: UMich town hall over data center draws severe backlash from community members - michigandaily.com",
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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": "Dingell opposes U-M Los Alamos data center project, urges greater community transparency - The Michigan Daily",
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