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"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project
"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project
Compass Datacenters is abandoning a massive data center project in Northern Virginia after what Bloomberg described as "intense pushback from local residents."
The retreat comes as local opposition to data center buildouts accelerates nationwide, with residents increasingly furious over surging power demand, soaring electricity bills, land-use battles, and transmission lines cutting through neighborhoods and farmland.
We were the first to describe the epicenter of the data center buildout revolt in the Mid-Atlantic area, all the way back in the summer of...
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Jul 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Finland & Spain Have The Highest Unemployment Rates, Japan The Lowest
Finland & Spain Have The Highest Unemployment Rates, Japan The Lowest
Unemployment across the OECD averaged 4.9% in May 2026, but labor market conditions continued to vary significantly from one country to another as economic growth slowed across parts of the developed world.
This visualization ranks seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for people aged 15 and older across OECD member countries in May 2026, using data from the OECD.
Finland Tops the Ranking
Finland recorded the highest unemployment rate among OECD countries at 10.8%, narrowly ahead of Spain at 10.3%.
The country’s labor market challenges have been...
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Aug 27, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Judge Crushes Maryland Democrats' Gerrymandering Games
Judge Crushes Maryland Democrats' Gerrymandering Games
Submitted by Maryland Freedom Caucus
Annapolis Democrats spent months insisting there was nothing to see here. On Tuesday, a Maryland judge told them otherwise — in writing, and in language sharper than anyone expected.
The bottom line: a circuit court judge just ruled that House Bill 2100, the constitutional amendment Governor Wes Moore and legislative Democrats rammed through a two-day special session to pave the way for wiping out Maryland's last Republican congressional seat, was placed on the November ballot unlawfully.
This is the story of...
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Jun 28, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Navigation Extremely Limited": Top Shipper Warns IRGC Mines Complicate Hormuz Normalization
"Navigation Extremely Limited": Top Shipper Warns IRGC Mines Complicate Hormuz Normalization
The top executive of Japan's largest shipping company told the Financial Times in an exclusive weekend interview that the path toward normalization in the Strait of Hormuz remains far more complicated than anticipated. He warned that shipping volumes may stay well below prewar levels for months, as IRGC-laid mines are forcing vessels into narrow, safer corridors near Iran and Oman.
"The routes available for navigation are extremely limited — they're very narrow corridors," Takaya Soga, chief executive of Japan's NYK...
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