ASHBURN, VIRGINIA – JULY 17: In an aerial view, the IAD71 Amazon Web Services data center is shown on July 17, 2024 in Ashburn, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, according to a report this year cited in published accounts, but is facing headwinds from availability of land and electric power. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
T.S. Eliot told us the greatest treason is “to do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
Both the professional protester class claiming to be concerned community groups opposing data centers and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission are guilty of this sin. Blind approval of data centers is equally as bad as blind opposition…