We have so much vacant industrial land in the rust belt (so-called "brownfields"), with good access and utility infrastructure, why not build the data centers there? Why do they need to go on farmland in the countryside?

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phoghed 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Because it’s faster, cheaper, and easier not to. If you (gov) incentivizes it, then problem solved.

	▲	SoftTalker 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Places like Gary, IN should be courting them. Great access, on a huge lake so water is no issue, not in a hurricane or earthquake zone, and they desperately need people/companies paying property taxes.