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• New California law requires environmental analysis before data centers can be built (kpbs.org) — Gilroy's massive $2 billion Amazon data center is now a prime example of how future projects will face tougher scrutiny under California's new environmental review law for data centers. The legislation closes the quiet-approval path Amazon used in Gilroy and will force developers statewide to disclose and mitigate impacts on energy, water, and local communities.
• Data centers – existential threat or unique opportunity? (cerescourier.com) — Gilroy is held up as a cautionary tale after Amazon quietly advanced a data center there with only administrative approval and nondisclosure agreements, avoiding public meetings or votes. As nearby Central Valley cities debate moratoriums and stricter rules, the story weighs whether data centers bring enough jobs and tax revenue to offset concerns about secrecy, noise, and heavy resource use.
• Revolt against license plate surveillance grows over privacy concerns (wavepublication.com) — Gilroy is now part of a growing Santa Clara County coalition pushing back against automated license plate reader surveillance over privacy and immigration concerns. Organizers and civil liberties groups describe how they're using records requests, lawsuits, and public campaigns to challenge Flock Safety camera networks and limit data sharing with federal agencies across the region.
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