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We mapped rural data center development — and opposition. Here’s what we found

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By Julia Tilton, Sarah Melotte
| Georgia Public Broadcasting Verified
Credit: The Daily Yonder Washington, D.C.’s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data Center Alley, home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. But the data center boom, driven by the rise of AI and the race to build the infrastructure powering it, is changing the geography of these energy-intensive, warehouse-like facilities. Data centers have arrived in rural America.
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We Mapped Rural Data Center Development—and Opposition. Here’s What We Found.

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By Julia Tilton, Sarah Melotte
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Data centers have arrived in rural America. The Daily Yonder analyzed crowd-sourced data on the locations of data centers, how they connect to existing grid infrastructure, and where communities are fighting back. Though the majority of in-progress data centers are in metropolitan areas, our reporting and data analysis show that large data centers, characteristic of the current boom, represent outsized investments in rural areas.
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We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here’s What We Found.

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By Julia Tilton, Sarah Melotte
| The Daily Yonder Verified
Washington, D.C.’s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data Center Alley, home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. But the data center boom, driven by the rise of AI and the race to build the infrastructure powering it, is changing the geography of these energy-intensive, warehouse-like facilities. Data centers have arrived in rural America.
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