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Meta and Amazon each to pay $1bn to data centre host communities
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Meta and Amazon have committed to investing $1 billion each in incentives for locations accommodating their data centres. Google anticipates its local expenditure will total $1 billion by the close of 2027. Campaigner Sam Burleigh calls the pledges "propaganda" as opposition has become a big issue in next month's midterm elections.
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