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Microsoft silent as church groups seek 1% of data center costs

Original: Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs

Church groups have asked Microsoft to contribute 1% of its data center costs to local communities, and the company has so far declined to respond publicly. The appeal taps into growing scrutiny of the enormous local impacts — power, water and land use — of data centers across the United States, and of whether tech giants should give back to host communities. Microsoft's silence is itself drawing attention.

Why now: Ongoing backlash over the community costs of the AI data center boom makes any push for tech companies to pay into affected areas newsworthy.

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• Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs · Ars Technica

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