Google and Amazon are trying to head off local resistance by disclosing data center plans earlier and offering community investments. Hundreds of moratoriums have been introduced this year, and Q1 saw 75 projects worth $130 billion disrupted. A November commission vote in Lea County, New Mexico, will test Google's new approach.
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