Residents of Menomonie mounted a successful protest against a huge campus in the city as national resistance to the AI boom grows In the spring of 2025, Sydney Brennan was riding high. The 22-year-old was finishing college and was a newly elected councilwoman in Menomonie, a city of about 17,000...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/01/wisconsin-city-menomie-meta-datacenter)