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Data centers are coming for rural America
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13 May
Data centers are coming for rural America
At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp digester exploded in 2020,
REPORT · WHAT · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
28 Apr
The great American data center divide
Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure.
REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
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