alt Hacker NewsThere isn’t much the federal government can do here. Planning permission is very local in the US. If local officials don’t want a data center it isn’t happening.
In most communities these days you’d have better luck proposing to build a toxic waste processing facility than a data center.
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roosterIllusi0n • today at 11:24 AM
They can certainly look the other way when these small town boards get paid off to allow the datacenter.
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unrented7977 • today at 11:41 AM
No? This isn't a planning permission question, the federal government has eminent domain and can simply take land for federal use. Just like with the railroads and power grid.
Of course building datacenters is absolutely not what eminent domain is for, but rules don't apply anymore, so they'll probably do it anyway until the supreme court stops them.
FERC is some sort of law that takes control of local ordnances to force local municipalities to accept energy infrastructure.
https://ferc.gov/