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South Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers

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Civil rights groups in South Africa are protesting the expansion of American-owned data centers, urging a moratorium due to environmental and social concerns. Major companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Equinix plan significant investments to meet Africa's growing AI compute demand, but face increasing local resistance.

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