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Ohio's state-level data center incentives are drawing hyperscale developers into small villages whose water, power, and staff capacity were never built for them, leaving local councils to absorb ...

The reflex to apologize before speaking looks like a confidence problem from the outside, but it is often a survival strategy that outlived the situation that made it necessary. Framing chronic ...

The experience of deciding feels continuous — intention shades into action without a visible break — but research now shows there is a discrete, measurable moment at which the brain commits and stops ...

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Amherst's zoning board rejected a use variance for a 45-megawatt data center on the Nordson campus, killing the Illinois developer's plan unless it appeals to Lorain County court within 30 days. The ...

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