Hyperscale, hypersensitive: US teacher cuffed off for applauding datacenter critics

A Kansas physics teacher discovered that in at least one corner of America's AI buildout, applause can apparently earn you a trip to jail. According to local news reports, Lux Claridge, a 37-year-old physics teacher from Emporia, Kansas, was arrested after applauding a speaker opposing zoning changes for a proposed hyperscale datacenter, turning what should have been an ordinary planning meeting into national news. The meeting was called to consider zoning changes for the proposed Flint Hills Di