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In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, according to a report this year cited in published accounts, but is facing headwinds from availability of land and electric power.

Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History

We’ve gathered stories from all across the country detailing what happens when Big Tech’s latest monstrosities come to town.