A farmer gave the town land for a park. The town sold it as data-center dirt for $10M (tomshardware.com)
Commenters who've watched rural land deals say the pattern is routine: cash-starved counties sign no-strings deals with companies promising data centers, who sometimes just flip the land.
The bleaker observation cut civic: American zoning will let you walk to a data center but not to a grocery store.
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