Farmer Gave a Texas City 87 Acres so Kids Would Have 'Somewhere to Play' — Now It Is Slated for a $10 Million Data Center
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Farmer gave a Texas city 87 acres so kids would have 'somewhere to play' — now it is slated for a $10 million data center
A Texas land dispute is sparking outrage after residents learned that nearly 88 acres donated so local children could have a park is set to become part of a data center project. For many people in Taylor, the controversy is about more than a new development. It is about whether a promise made to the community can be pushed aside once enough money is on the table. What happened? As 404 Media reported, Blueprint bought the land in 2025 for $10 mil…
The data centers, whose multiplication is indispensable to support the development of artificial intelligence, face a growing challenge from local populations. From the Seine-et-Marne to Texas, the residents denounce their potential impacts on the environment, consumption, etc.
The expansion of artifical intelligence (AI) is changing cities and regions around the world. The momentum for the construction of large data centers is on the order of the day. However, one of the most questioned projects in recent months has emerged in Taylor, a town in the state of Texas, where a donated land to become a public park ended up housing a huge technological infrastructure. A story dating back to the late 1990s when a farmer gave …
A donated land for a park was sold for a 10-million-dollar data center
The farmer transferred some 35 hectares to the community for the establishment of the park, but the authorities subsequently decided to sell them for the construction of a date centre.
By detours, the green space in Taylor, Texas, landed at a tech company that is now building a 60 MW data center.
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