The Chestnut Grove Caught in the Middle of A Years-Long Data Center Fight

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• 4 404 Media @404media.co: A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia. →
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  Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social

  After this backlash, Nscale is saying they've never planned to "bulldoze" the trees, as viral social media posts claimed. But they and the governor's office do plan to move them, which experts say will almost definitely …

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• J Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social: A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia. www.404medi… →
• Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: An endangered American Chestnut grove is under threat from a proposed data center. West Virginia governor wants to simply move the trees, sa… →
• S Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social: I've spent the last few weeks attempting to figure out what the hell is going on in WV, where a tiny grove of American chestnut trees is fac… →