Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams struggled to get a word in as a Wisconsin audience bombarded him with boos and insults while he pitched the crowd on a proposed AI data center. Adams was told he belongs “in prison” amid a barrage of fierce heckles during a wild eight-minute exchange that showed residents repeatedly interrupting the former mayor over his support for the proposed data center.

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Adams appeared at the Wisconsin meeting on behalf of PNK Group, which is looking to develop a 209-acre data center at a former paper mill along the Wisconsin River. Many Wisconsin residents in the crowd opposed the proposal and let Adams know it throughout his presentation.

“Whether we like it or not, folks, data centers are going to be here,” Adams told the audience. The former NYC mayor urged the crowd to stop the “hate on technology,” defending his stance with a personal anecdote, in which he said AI helped his doctor in his Type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Adams offered to answer questions about the data center and engage in what he called a “dialogue.” However, the audience, again, erupted in a loud chant of boos. Adams attempted to regain the stage and tame the angry crowd. And although one audience member came to his defense, saying, “Let him talk!”, he struggled to speak over the crowd of critics.

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