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‘I will leave’: Sutton residents resist plans for massive data center
In an explosive Select Board meeting Tuesday night, Sutton residents expressed their disapproval for a proposed $16 billion data center campus being built in their town. The data center campus, pitched by the Kraft Group, would be one of the country’s largest centers and draw roughly 900 megawatts of power.
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Cell Phone Policy at Sutton High
It’s no shock that teenagers these days are addicted to their phones, but does this get in the way of their school time? Is Sutton High School doing its job keeping students off their phones during the day?. Every year we hear about a “new phone policy” coming, but...
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Robert Kraft’s Company Set to Pour $16 Billion Into Massachusetts Under Massive Eight-Year Project
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s company is stepping into the world of data centers with a major project that would cost more than $16 billion. The massive project is supposed to be completed by the year 2033. “The estimated $16.75 billion project – which the developers note is ‘several times the $2.8 billion in assessed value of all property in Sutton today,'” the Boston Herald reported. “Would complete two buildings by 2029 and two more each year through 2033 in the small town, ultimately constructing what would become potentially the fourth-largest data center in the U.S.” The full...
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A small Mass. town faces a very big data center debate
Hey Massachusetts Politicos, It's Katie, Margie's editor, filling in as she's taking a much-deserved break after all the election coverage last week. With the election buzz still happening after the blue wave during the midterms, you might have seen that the freshman representatives heads to Washington D.C. for their orientation. Most of the people elected in Massachusetts have a few (or more) terms until their belts, but there was one new face, Dan Koh, who filled the District 6 seat Seth Moulton vacated when he chose to run for Senate. Koh's been posting videos on social media meeting other new representatives. Closer to home, a political fight brewing in Massachusetts is not in Boston, but in Sutton, a small town in Centeral Mass. There, the Worcester Telegram reported this week that the Kraft Group has proposed building the fourth largest data center in the country. Per the proposal, it would include 10 buildings canvassing 250,000 square feet each, with the first two buildings opening in 2029 and another two opening each year until the project is complete in 2033. Data centers have been a controversial topic for months now. Back in May, Margie reported that Mansfield was the first town