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Data centers are a power, water and land grab. One thing I wonder about is whether the agreements cities sign with data centers could be taken over after AI collapse, guaranteeing that whoever buys up the distressed asset gets the power of the water and the tax breaks as well as a big bucket of land.

In other words, they sweep in for pennies on the dollar to get tax-free property, energy and water. These are the kind of people who would destroy a community in order to grab territory