alt Hacker NewsWe have so much vacant industrial land in the rust belt (so-called "brownfields"), with good access and utility infrastructure, why not build the data centers there? Why do they need to go on farmland in the countryside?
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phoghed • today at 3:22 PM
Because it’s faster, cheaper, and easier not to. If you (gov) incentivizes it, then problem solved.
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Brownfield is the most expensive construction because you have to mitigate all the damage from the last owner.