'Red-hot' data center boom fuels public backlash across Asia

TOKYO/MOSS VALE, Australia/BENGALURU -- In Moss Vale, a small Australian town surrounded by rolling farmland about halfway between Sydney and Canberra, opposition to a gas-fired power plant intended to support data centers began in a WhatsApp chat group for preschool parents.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey's seven-point plan would dedicate 50% of hyperscale data center revenue to reducing and eliminating West Virginia's income tax.