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      <description>Charles Koch, bankrolls  lobbyists to influence public policy and elections in the US. He has a $15-billion stake in the data center industry. Koch Real Estate Investments (KREI), a Koch’ investment firm, launched Edged US in 2024. - Exposed by CMD</description>
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         <title>80 acres site guzzling 169 Megawatts</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Koch has a long history of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/02/10/koch-industries-still-rides-the-tax-subsidy-gravy-train/">lobbying for tax subsidies</a>, while at the same time decrying special interest handouts. Good Jobs First <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/koch-industries">reports</a> that Koch and its subsidiaries (such as Georgia Pacific) have received almost $796 million in state and local tax breaks and subsidies — mostly in the past decade or so — not including the many tax breaks or subsidies received by startups funded by Koch’s venture capital and growth equity operations. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p><p><br></p><p><a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.kochinc.com/news/koch-real-estate-investments-is-helping-major-tech-companies-meet-the-demand-for-new-data-centers">Koch Real Estate Investments</a> (KREI), one of Koch’s in-house investment arms, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://edged.us/news/introducing-four-sustainable-data-centers-across-the-u-s">launched</a> Edged US in 2024.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Koch’s astroturf political operation, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a> (AFP), has made removing obstacles to data centers one of its top priorities. It launched a national <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://americansforprosperity.org/press-release/americans-for-prosperity-launches-major-campaign-to-unleash-americas-energy-potential/">Road to Prosperity</a> campaign last fall to lobby for federal legislation to remove or reduce regulations that slow the growth of data centers.</p><p><br></p><p>The public is pushing back on data center developments due to their huge energy consumption, which is expected to force increases in utility rates for all customers. Data centers already consume more than 4% of the nation’s electricity supply, according to a <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48646">congressional briefing paper</a> issued in May, and that demand is expected to <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/">more than double</a> by 2030. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p>]]></description>
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         <title>14 acre site guzzling 24 Megawatts</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/pad3_297/Kochdatacenters/wish/4022063076</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Koch’s astroturf political operation, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a> (AFP), has made removing obstacles to data centers one of its top priorities. It launched a national <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://americansforprosperity.org/press-release/americans-for-prosperity-launches-major-campaign-to-unleash-americas-energy-potential/">Road to Prosperity</a> campaign last fall to lobby for federal legislation to remove or reduce regulations that slow the growth of data centers.</p><p><br></p><p>The public is pushing back on data center developments due to their huge energy consumption, which is expected to force increases in utility rates for all customers. Data centers already consume more than 4% of the nation’s electricity supply, according to a <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48646">congressional briefing paper</a> issued in May, and that demand is expected to <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/">more than double</a> by 2030. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p>]]></description>
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         <title>15 acre site guzzling 24 Megawatts</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Koch’s astroturf political operation</strong>, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a> (AFP), has made removing obstacles to data centers one of its top priorities. It launched a national <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://americansforprosperity.org/press-release/americans-for-prosperity-launches-major-campaign-to-unleash-americas-energy-potential/">Road to Prosperity</a> campaign last fall to lobby for federal legislation to remove or reduce regulations that slow the growth of data centers.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The public is pushing back on data center developments </strong>due to their huge energy consumption, which is expected to force increases in utility rates for all customers. Data centers already consume more than 4% of the nation’s electricity supply, according to a <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48646">congressional briefing paper</a> issued in May, and that demand is expected to <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/">more than double</a> by 2030. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Koch has a long history of </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/02/10/koch-industries-still-rides-the-tax-subsidy-gravy-train/"><strong>lobbying for tax subsidies</strong></a>, while at the same time decrying special interest handouts. Good Jobs First <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/koch-industries">reports</a> that Koch and its subsidiaries (such as Georgia Pacific) have received almost $796 million in state and local tax breaks and subsidies — mostly in the past decade or so — not including the many tax breaks or subsidies received by startups funded by Koch’s venture capital and growth equity operations. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p>]]></description>
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         <title>13 acres site guzzling 17 Megawatts</title>
         <author>pad3_297</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/pad3_297/Kochdatacenters/wish/4022068821</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Koch’s astroturf political operation</strong>, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a> (AFP), has made removing obstacles to data centers one of its top priorities. It launched a national <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://americansforprosperity.org/press-release/americans-for-prosperity-launches-major-campaign-to-unleash-americas-energy-potential/">Road to Prosperity</a> campaign last fall to lobby for federal legislation to remove or reduce regulations that slow the growth of data centers.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The public is pushing back on data center developments </strong>due to their huge energy consumption, which is expected to force increases in utility rates for all customers. Data centers already consume more than 4% of the nation’s electricity supply, according to a <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48646">congressional briefing paper</a> issued in May, and that demand is expected to <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/">more than double</a> by 2030. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Koch has a long history of </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/02/10/koch-industries-still-rides-the-tax-subsidy-gravy-train/"><strong>lobbying for tax subsidies</strong></a>, while at the same time decrying special interest handouts. Good Jobs First <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/koch-industries">reports</a> that Koch and its subsidiaries (such as Georgia Pacific) have received almost $796 million in state and local tax breaks and subsidies — mostly in the past decade or so — not including the many tax breaks or subsidies received by startups funded by Koch’s venture capital and growth equity operations. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p>]]></description>
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         <title>50 acre site guzzling 27 Megawatts</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Koch’s astroturf political operation</strong>, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a> (AFP), has made removing obstacles to data centers one of its top priorities. It launched a national <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://americansforprosperity.org/press-release/americans-for-prosperity-launches-major-campaign-to-unleash-americas-energy-potential/">Road to Prosperity</a> campaign last fall to lobby for federal legislation to remove or reduce regulations that slow the growth of data centers.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The public is pushing back on data center developments </strong>due to their huge energy consumption, which is expected to force increases in utility rates for all customers. Data centers already consume more than 4% of the nation’s electricity supply, according to a <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48646">congressional briefing paper</a> issued in May, and that demand is expected to <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/">more than double</a> by 2030. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Koch has a long history of </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/02/10/koch-industries-still-rides-the-tax-subsidy-gravy-train/"><strong>lobbying for tax subsidies</strong></a>, while at the same time decrying special interest handouts. Good Jobs First <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/koch-industries">reports</a> that Koch and its subsidiaries (such as Georgia Pacific) have received almost $796 million in state and local tax breaks and subsidies — mostly in the past decade or so — not including the many tax breaks or subsidies received by startups funded by Koch’s venture capital and growth equity operations. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a><br></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Koch’s astroturf political operation</strong>, <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a> (AFP), has made removing obstacles to data centers one of its top priorities. It launched a national <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://americansforprosperity.org/press-release/americans-for-prosperity-launches-major-campaign-to-unleash-americas-energy-potential/">Road to Prosperity</a> campaign last fall to lobby for federal legislation to remove or reduce regulations that slow the growth of data centers.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>The public is pushing back on data center developments </strong>due to their huge energy consumption, which is expected to force increases in utility rates for all customers. Data centers already consume more than 4% of the nation’s electricity supply, according to a <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48646">congressional briefing paper</a> issued in May, and that demand is expected to <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/">more than double</a> by 2030. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Koch has a long history of </strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/02/10/koch-industries-still-rides-the-tax-subsidy-gravy-train/"><strong>lobbying for tax subsidies</strong></a>, while at the same time decrying special interest handouts. Good Jobs First <a rel="external noopener noreferrer" href="https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/koch-industries">reports</a> that Koch and its subsidiaries (such as Georgia Pacific) have received almost $796 million in state and local tax breaks and subsidies — mostly in the past decade or so — not including the many tax breaks or subsidies received by startups funded by Koch’s venture capital and growth equity operations. - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/koch-rides-the-data-center-boom/">Exposed by CMD</a></p>]]></description>
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