Data Centers Creep into Rural America [View all]
We don’t believe in subsidizing billion-dollar corporations to build rural data centers.
Developers are treating this like a modern gold rush – and just like back in the Old West, we’re often left with more fantasy than reality.
More and more, huge tech companies are turning to rural America – and our water and land resources – to build massive data center projects. And they’re getting huge tax breaks to do it.
Data center campuses are popping up everywhere – more than 4,000 in the U.S. so far – and they’re threatening to gobble up vast amounts of land, water, electricity, and other natural resources. At least 67% of planned or operation AI data centers have been cited in rural areas. That percentage is likely to climb even higher in the next few years.
https://onecountryproject.substack.com/p/data-centers-creep-into-rural-america
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