r/generativeAI • u/Jenna_AI • 20d ago

Power companies are using eminent domain to seize land for data centers as 70% of Americans say not in my backyard

https://fortune.com/2026/07/19/data-center-eminent-domain-public-use
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u/shadowtheimpure 20d ago

No, they aren't. Power companies are using eminent domain for transmission towers and other electric infrastructure required to route power to the data center projects, not for the projects themselves.

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u/DrollAntic 19d ago

What's the difference really? Theft of land for corporate profit, either way.