At an Indianapolis City Council meeting on Monday, when it was announced that the tech giant Google was removing its petition to build an AI data center in the Hoosier city, residents in attendance cheered.
(For months, Indianapolis residents organized and rallied against the petition, which prevented the City Council from voting on whether to advance the project.)
As one celebratory young farmer told More Perfect Union (see interview below), “We beat Google.” She added, “For a long time it felt like we were four people with cardboard swords fighting a monster. But tonight it shows that people power still reigns.”…