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Fact-check: The article's claims about AWS seeking a 30-year property tax abatement for a $4B datacenter in Wilmington, Ohio, amid resident concerns over transparency and impacts, are supported by local Ohio news reports from late 2025 (e.g., WYSo, WOSU, Wilmington News Journal) and the Guardian piece itself. Recent X posts from March 2-3, 2026, share and discuss the article, confirming real-time reporting and buzz consistent with the US Datacenter Expansion Controversy. No evidence contradicts the claims.
‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart
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The rapid expansion of large datacenters across rural America is creating tensions between municipal governments and local residents. In Wilmington, Ohio, Amazon Web Services is seeking a 30-year property tax abatement in exchange for funding local schools and infrastructure as part of a $4 billion datacenter project on 500 acres. Residents like Quintin Koger Kidd have raised concerns about government transparency, open meeting violations, and the broader social and economic implications of corp