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Teacher Arrested at Kansas AI Data Center Hearing, Project Approved
A physics teacher was arrested for clapping during a public hearing on rezoning land for a gigawatt-scale AI data center near Emporia, Kansas. He refused to leave when asked by police and was removed by four officers. Despite community resistance, the project was approved.
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The arrest highlights tensions between local opposition and the push for massive AI infrastructure, but the project's approval shows regulatory momentum favors data center expansion.
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Teacher arrested for clapping in support of opposition at an AI data center meeting — gigawatt-scale project gets approved anyway despite community resistance →
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