Coachella just voted to halt the Stronghold data center project and ban new ones for 45 days. Right call, or overreach?

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AIQnA FRIDAY JUN 20

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION

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Coachella voted to halt the Stronghold data center and ban new ones for 45 days.

Here's how the community responded.

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WHAT CAME UP MOST

jobs drought our kids overreach tax revenue the water table water future community power grid conservation investment not in our backyard slow down accountability

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NEIGHBORS, IN THEIR OWN WORDS

“We've been told to conserve for years — why give the water to a server farm now?”

RESTAURANT OWNER INDIO

“We need the jobs and the tax base. Let's not scare off investment over fear.”

CONTRACTOR PALM DESERT

“My kids will inherit this water table. That's who I'm thinking about.”

TEACHER CATHEDRAL CITY

“Slow down and do it right. Forty-five days to think isn't too much to ask.”

RETIREE LA QUINTA

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WHERE THE VALLEY LANDED

MOST CITED ANSWER

73%

“It was the right call”

18% called it overreach

9% landed somewhere mixed

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AIQnA 05 / 05

HOW EACH CITY ANSWERED % RIGHT CALL

Coachella

81%

Desert Hot Springs

78%

Indio

74%

Cathedral City

72%

Palm Springs

70%

La Quinta

66%

Palm Desert

64%

Rancho Mirage

58%

Other cities combined

61%

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