🌱 Will Lansing’s zoning board greenlight the Cayuga AI data center?

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• Will Lansing’s zoning board greenlight the Cayuga AI data center?

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 27 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Not as cold, becoming breezy, temps: high: 39, low: 20.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 40 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Tensions flare ahead of Lansing AI data center vote (fingerlakes1.com) — Lansing’s Zoning Board of Appeals is set to hold a Dec. 16 public hearing and final vote on whether TeraWulf’s proposed AI data center at the old Cayuga Power Plant fits local zoning rules, a decision closely watched in Tompkins. Environmental advocates allege the board chair’s past email shows bias, while he insists his comments were misunderstood and not meant to predetermine the outcome.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Franklin

• Early Surge Carries Unatego/Franklin Past Bulldogs, 45-38 (the-reporter.net)
• Kelly Timmons sentenced in shooting death of Jahfari Joseph (mynbc5.com)

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