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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago

In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

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