Mmm most datacenters i went to were in the middle of nowhere, sharing land with farms (and oil/gas mining)
> we demonstrate that data centers are an overwhelmingly urban phenomenon, with 97.5% of facilities situated in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-026-00487-z
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> we demonstrate that data centers are an overwhelmingly urban phenomenon, with 97.5% of facilities situated in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-026-00487-z