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Saturday, May 9, 2026

A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began The AI boom is coming for rural America. Inside one town’s effort to fight back; Fortune, May 6, 2026

 Sharon Goldman, Fortune; A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began The AI boom is coming for rural America. Inside one town’s effort to fight back

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Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information.Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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