At least 17 data center projects are proposed on US public lands, Center for Western Priorities finds
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A conservation group's tally shows AI-era data center applications spreading across federal land in six Western states The AI boom needs somewhere to plug in. Increasingly, that somewhere is land owned by the American public. At least 17 data center campuses and related infrastructure projects are now proposed on US public lands, according to reporting on an analysis from the Center for Western Priorities (CWP). The conservation group’s broader count is even larger. It tallies at least 35 active or pending applications before the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), covering more than 24,000 acres.
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