This post from CCJ argues that Big Tech is manufacturing its own data center boom, with chipmakers, cloud providers and AI firms funding and hyping each other's growth through circular deals. The piece traces heavy debt financing it likens to pre-2008 mortgage risk, U.S. grid demand nearly tripling by 2030, and costs (water, land and tax breaks like Pennsylvania's sales-tax exemption) shifted onto communities.
How Big Tech Is Manufacturing Demand for Its Data Centers – Center for Coalfield Justice
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January 1, 2026
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