‘A destroyer of our community,’: Tensions over data centers in Massachusetts

The stakes are high in both state and local government. On this episode of "In Common": A preview of the debate between Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Seth Moulton as both candidates seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. GBH News Political Reporter Adam Reilly has more on what to expect in the upcoming event. Used fishing nets from Massachusetts are being shipped overseas to save lives in Ukraine. CAI's Amy Kolb Noyes has more on how fishing nets are an effective defense tool against drones. The Roaring Twenties Lawn Party returns to the Crane Estate in Ipswich. Sydney Cooney, social media manager with the dance group Boston Swing Central, shows us how to party like it's 1920. Communities across the Commonwealth are pushing back against data centers harder than ever. In Common's Jeremy Siegel heads to Lowell to see how an existing data center is impacting residents there. In western Mass., officials in Holyoke and Westfield have halted plans for future data centers in those two towns. NEPM’s Phil Bishop breaks down what's happening.  And Mindy Lubber of Ceres, a Massachusetts-based sustainability organization, explains how we can co-exist with data centers.