Data Centers

By Joe WilkinsNovember 29, 2025 For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers. Reporting on the “data center boom” in the state of Oregon, Rolling Stone tells the…

December 4, 2025 Ohio’s farmland is disappearing quickly, and many are asking why big tech companies and billionaires are buying so much of it here in the Buckeye State. Fields that have been in the same family for decades are suddenly gone, sold to “out of town” LLCs in cash deals that the average person…

November 25, 2025 Tech Billionaires’ Shocking Plan For West Virginia Mingo County, West Virginia, was once thriving, but the coal industry’s decline left it one of the poorest counties in the US. Now, multiple data centers could be built in the region. Are data centers a new extractive industry, or will they provide a much-needed…