Kentucky’s leaders need to just say no to data centers

Kentucky’s leaders need to just say no to data centers

A server room in a data center. (Photo by Getty Images)As the industrial drivers of the rural American economy have gradually dried up in the last decade, many of the politicians who represent these regions have been struggling to find a solution to the problem. Lately, many of them feel as though they have stumbled upon that solution – data centers. The logic is straightforward: as the United States becomes more post-industrial, we should help …