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The AI revolution is hungry—for power, for land, and most importantly, for water. As hyperscale data centers expand at an unprecedented rate across North America, they are crashing into a new, formidable obstacle: the local community. From municipal water restrictions to organized grassroots resista
We treat AI as a cloud-based revolution, but the reality is built on heavy fiber cables and concrete slabs. As hyperscalers scramble to link massive data centers, they are running head-first into a growing movement of municipal resistance. From the $20B Corning-Verizon deal to the local zoning battl
For the Vast Majority of Human History For the vast majority of human history, existence was defined by the tangible and the immediate. We lived in relation to landmarks: the great oak, the bend in the river, or the stone marker at the village edge. Navigation
Imagine the Turn of the 20th Century in a Bustling American City Imagine the turn of the 20th century in a bustling American city. Horses, carriages, streetcars, and the daring new contraption known as the automobile all vied for the same narrow strips of asph