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A look at Loudoun County, Virginia, dubbed "Data Center Alley", which hosts ~250 data centers and offers a glimpse into data centers' impact on communities (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Massive AI infrastructure is being built out across the US. But if you want to know what the data center occupation looks like …

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