U.S. Farmers and Communities Push Back Against Data Center Development on Agricultural Land
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Jael Holzman
Summary
The article examines a growing grassroots movement against data center development in the U.S., where farm owners and communities are rejecting lucrative offers from data center developers to protect agricultural land. It draws parallels to the anti-renewables movement, highlighting protests in Virginia (where demonstrators chant "Grow Tomatoes, Not Data Centers"), legislative proposals in Pennsylvania to block prime farmland sales for data centers, and political battles in Texas. The piece explores how data center expansion is increasingly clashing with agricultural preservation efforts across the country.
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· 3 pulledGrow Tomatoes, Not Data Centers
The movement against data centers is raising up a raison d'etre of the anti-renewables movement: protecting would-be farmland
Farm owners and operators across the U.S. are winning national headlines almost every week for rejecting big dollar offers from data center developers
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