HOLYOKE — A proposed 20-megawatt data center along the Connecticut River has sparked weeks of opposition from residents. On Tuesday, those opponents packed City Council chambers and cheered as Holyoke became the first Massachusetts community to enact a citywide ban on artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The ban, which will prohibit any AI data center […]
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Samuel Gelinas is the hilltown reporter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette, covering the towns of Williamsburg, Cummington, Goshen, Chesterfield, Plainfield, and Worthington, and also the City of Holyoke. He can be reached at sgelinas@gazettenet.com.
