Bloomington city officials heard lots of pushback on the possibility of a data center in the community during a public forum on Wednesday. At the 2 p.m. session that included 70 attendees, they heard an overwhelmingly negative reception to the idea of a hyperscale facility, sometimes called an AI farm, being built in collaboration with the city.

Bloomington city officials heard lots of pushback on the possibility of a data center in the community during a public forum on Wednesday.&nbsp;At the 2 p.m. session that included 70 attendees, they heard an overwhelmingly negative reception to the idea of a hyperscale facility, sometimes called an AI farm, being built in collaboration with the city.

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Bloomington residents speak out against data centers at public forum

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