Mississippi River mayors, including three in Arkansas, propose AI data center guardrails

Mayors from cities along the Mississippi River, including three in Arkansas, are proposing guardrails for AI data centers. Many of these cities have been approached to host such facilities.
More than three-quarters of member cities in a Mississippi River coalition have been approached to host data centers.
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