The rise of digital services and artificial intelligence is gradually transforming the countryside, where a new actor, the computer warehouse, needs large flat land, far from the city centres, but close to the electricity grid. And sometimes, this industrial logic runs counter to earlier promises. In Texas, a data centre has to be installed on a plot left by a farmer for children's leisure. A decision that goes badly with the inhabitants. A park…
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The rise of digital services and artificial intelligence is gradually transforming the countryside, where a new actor, the computer warehouse, needs large flat land, far from the city centres, but close to the electricity grid. And sometimes, this industrial logic runs counter to earlier promises. In Texas, a data centre has to be installed on a plot left by a farmer for children's leisure. A decision that goes badly with the inhabitants. A park…