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The data center debate is giving some communicators flashbacks to the fracking boom, which became a national political fight even as local battles frequently scrambled familiar left-right lines.
Why it matters: As it is with data centers, the comms challenge was never persuading communities to cheer for more industrial sites, but instead find ways to address local concerns while making the economic case for development.
