buzz-9-30-26-Omar-Ocampo
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The residents of Martindale Brightwood, a suburb of Indianapolis, fighting a data center in their neighborhood which will cost $395 million in lost revenue over 15 years, asked the Institute for Policy Studies the question "What else could be done for the city with this money". Guest Omar Ocampo, researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good, evaluated alternative projects, and suggested the money could be spent for projects such as solar panels for 12,000 homes in the area, hiring 250 teachers, funding some of the housing projects in the area, described in this online paper, "What Could Indianapolis Fund Instead of Giving Big Tech $395 Million in Tax Breaks for Data Centers?"
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