July 25, 2025

First came the sleepy community at harmony with nature. Then came the secrecy surrounding the behemoth data center to build a 10,000-acre self-powered AI facility. Then came the legislation to exempt it from local regulation. Then came cries of anguish from local residents as they realized that their total way of life had been stolen from them. This is playing out all over America. Whenever the AI data center crowd shows up, they trample on land use laws and citizens.