AI Data Centers Face Power and Land Constraints

AI Data Centers Face Power and Land Constraints

The artificial-intelligence buildout is running into one of its oldest constraints — electricity, land and local politics — as Nvidia and Microsoft back a new generation of data centers in places scarred by heavy industry and energy stress.

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