Tennessee's Justin J. Pearson takes on data center pollution in congressional bid
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The battle against data centers is at the heart of a congressional campaign in Tennessee: Democratic state Representative Justin J. Pearson is opposed to the Colossus data centers built by Elon Musk’s xAI in the Memphis area. Pearson is running against Republican state Senator Brent Taylor in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, which includes parts of Memphis as well as rural and suburban counties. “Across the 15 counties that I’ve traveled, I’ve yet to meet anyone, including folks who are Republicans who are voting for us, who want data centers,” says Pearson.
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