AI Data Centers: Land They Command

Part one of three in a series dedicated to AI Data Centers and their need for land, water and power from the grid.

The digital age has always required physical infrastructure—telephone lines, satellites, server racks—but the latest boom in artificial intelligence is reshaping land use in ways few anticipated. Across the United States and around the globe, sprawling AI data centers are transforming farmland, exurbs, and industrial plots into high-security digital cam…