Growing microprocessors instead of wheat? As energy-thirsty data centers move into rural areas, communities wrestle with questions of economics, environment & culture

Growing microprocessors instead of wheat? As energy-thirsty data centers move into rural areas, communities wrestle with questions of economics, environment & culture

Editor's note: As large data centers increasingly move into rural areas, issues of economics and environment, as well as culture, intertwine. This story about a potential such hyperscale data center in northeastern Colorado offers a useful window through which to…