The Data Center Gold Rush That Could Redraw America
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Hyperscalers including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and Oracle plan to spend about $750B this year on AI infrastructure for data centers—the largest capital project in human history—driving a nationwide buildout that strains utilities, land, water, and skilled labor while sparking a broad, bipartisan political backlash at federal, state, and local levels; Meta’s 5 GW Hyperion campus and Nvidia-backed plans illustrate the scale and economic ripple effects across construction, energy, and local communities.
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