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‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

Global Published 9 October 2026, 18:00 · archived 9 Oct 2026

Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsidesFor decades, East Fishkill helped build New York’s tech industry.The hamlet, located 70 miles north of New York City, was home to a 460-acre campus where IBM researched and manufactured semiconductor chips for nearly fifty years. Continue reading...

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