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applegrove

(131,474 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:35 AM 4 hrs ago

Integrity: I hope farmers and other rural Americans like the feeling

Last month, a Pennsylvania farmer rejected M from data center developers to sell his farmland.

Another in Wisconsin turned down M.

America's farmers and others across the country are pushing back on Big Tech.

This is what integrity looks like.

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T22:01:10.687381Z
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Integrity: I hope farmers and other rural Americans like the feeling (Original Post) applegrove 4 hrs ago OP
If data centers are to be built, they should go on otherwise UNUSABLE land. Not on good soil. eppur_se_muova 4 hrs ago #1
I know a great place! Mr. Evil 1 hr ago #4
Drop them in the ocean. BidenRocks 2 hrs ago #2
So, I guess one could say this is why trump is breaking Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #3

eppur_se_muova

(41,542 posts)
1. If data centers are to be built, they should go on otherwise UNUSABLE land. Not on good soil.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:54 AM
4 hrs ago

All they need is space and connections for power and water. They should not block access to good soil formed by decades, or centuries, of favorable environmental conditions.

Build them in 10-year flood zones. All that hardware will be outmoded by the time the next flood hits anyway.

BidenRocks

(3,061 posts)
2. Drop them in the ocean.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:26 AM
2 hrs ago

They can power up with tides or geothermal.
Ask an existing data center how to do it!

Figarosmom

(11,160 posts)
3. So, I guess one could say this is why trump is breaking
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:00 AM
2 hrs ago

The farmer. Causing them to go bankrupt. The right complains about "good" farmland going to solar farms while supporting the energy guzzling AI centers to developers for their weapons and surveillance of American people.

I sure hope people start looking deeply at their priorities.

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