The high-level solution, though, is to stop concentrating housing and all the supporting infrastructure. NIMBY is a positive force in that regard.

The classic economic force concentrating people and businesses into small geographical areas is jobs, and perhaps jobs can finally be much more remote than in the past.

BTW, people will accept data centers near them when the price is right. The data center people just need to find that price.

Jobs, services, cultural institutions, hospitals, restaurants...