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What data center backlash? My night at a raucous 'pro-data center' party.
Data centers are drawing protests and city hall spats across the country. You wouldn't have known it Saturday night in downtown Washington, DC.
When I arrived at Data after Dark, a "pro-data center" party 10 minutes before it was scheduled to start, there were already a few dozen attendees waiting in the rain to get into Pubkey, a bitcoin-themed bar.
I was led downstairs, into a VIP room sponsored by AI company Cognitio, where a live jazz trio was playing and drinks were flowing. White gift bags with a black server rack above the words "come and take it" were everywhere.
The party hadn't officially started yet, but the room was already full of people.
Guests in cocktail dresses and suits (a handful of whom donned the signature of a Hill…
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