The Chestnut Grove Caught in the Middle of A Years-Long Data Center Fight
5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.
“An endangered American Chestnut grove is under threat from a proposed data center. West Virginia governor wants to simply move the trees, says they will die anyway. Good stuff: www.404media.co/west-virgini...” evidence ↗
Concern & critique
1 expertRisks, limits and unintended consequences.
“An endangered American Chestnut grove is under threat from a proposed data center. West Virginia governor wants to simply move the trees, says they will die anyway. Good stuff: www.404media.co/west-virgini...”
Policy & governance
1 expertRules, institutions and accountability.
“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 kill them within a few years. www.404…”
Building & implementation
1 expertHow teams are shipping and applying it.
“In addition to being overwhelmingly unpopular with the communities where they’re built, and despite the trillions of dollars dumped into their development, data center projects and the industry at large around the world are starting to flounder.”