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    "Data centers are cropping up all over Illinois. How do they work?",
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  "textContent": "The explosion of proposed data centers across Illinois has sparked a fierce, bipartisan backlash and even legislation to curb the long-lasting effects on people’s air quality, water quality, and energy bills. In town halls from Pekin to Joliet to Chicago’s southeast side, people have packed rooms and spent hours discussing the impact of potential developments […]\n\nThe post Data centers are cropping up all over Illinois. How do they work? appeared first on Chicago Reader.",
  "title": "Data centers are cropping up all over Illinois. How do they work?"
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