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Two thirds of planned datacenters head for rural farmland

development2026-04-29

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Two-thirds of planned data centers are now headed for rural farm country chasing cheap land and tax incentives, inverting the 87% urban concentration of existing facilities.

Reported metric: 67% rural vs 87% urban today

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