When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?

Courts have long let utilities seize private property to build transmission lines. Does that hold if the power flows to a single data center?

By: Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: July 16, 2026

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Last Updated: 5 days ago

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By Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton

The artificial intelligence boom in the United States is being matched by a data center building boom. There are more than 3,000 data centers in the U.S. and another 1,500 in development, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

While President Donald Trump has promoted AI advancement, calling it crucial to economic and national security, polling shows that 7 in 10 Americans oppose the construction of …

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