Inside The Real Estate Rush Behind AI
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Land prospectors are investing billions of dollars in a race to acquire rural farmland that they hope can be turned into data centers or other AI infrastructure. The buildout has sparked debate in communities across the country as residents raise concerns and local governments weigh how to regulate the technology. CNBC went to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Boise, Idaho to talk to land owners fielding repeated offers to sell and developers hoping to cash in on the AI boom. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:12 Chapter 1: Disappearing farmland 3:54 Chapter 2: Boomtown 7:44 Chapter 3: Powered land Reporter: Toby Burns Produced by: Mackin Fishman Camera by: Lucas Mullikin, Van Applegate, Mike Griffith, Kyle Watkins Edited by: Andrea Miller Animation: Emily Park, Jason Reginato Additional Editing: Nic Henry Senior Managing Producer: Shawn Baldwin Senior Director of Video: Lindsey Jacobson Additional Footage: Getty Images, Micron » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Subscr
Tags: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Boise, Idaho, farmland, agricultural land, land prospectors, AI boom, CoreWeave, power grid, AI buildout, investors, local governments, data centers, Micron, Meta, property developers, real estate, Amazon, Alphabet
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