Dirt to Data | Data Centers & AI Infrastructure

AI isn’t weightless. It runs on concrete, cooling, and community consent.

When the Answer Is No, Not Just Not Yet

Published on: 08/21/2026

California denied water access to what would be its largest data center. The developer is suing to reverse it, and one number, 0.03 percent, changes how the denial should actually be read.

Policy & Community

What Data Centers Are Doing to the Housing Market Next Door

Published on: 08/19/2026

A new Realtor.com report expected to find falling home values near data centers. It found something else: a decade-long pattern in where the industry keeps choosing to build, and what that pattern reveals about who has power to negotiate.

Policy & Community