AFPI economist @JamesBroughel explains why AI data centers offering free Wi-Fi and promising jobs can make residents feel like they're being bought off: "You would think it’s utility bills or jobs, but often it’s water use, energy use, property values, traffic, the way the data center looks, and noise pollution." "They’ll offer a big one-time payment to the county, a rec center, or public Wi-Fi in the case of St. Louis. To residents, this can appear like buying them off." "And when they…