Politics● LowSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 4:30 PM
French mayor and deputies resign in protest against Google data center
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Western Europe
Five elected officials in Etrechet resigned over a plan for a massive data center in their village, saying they felt 'powerless' in the face of the American giant's plans.
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