'The betrayal is significant': Trump voters REVOLT over AI power line
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To feed the insatiable electricity demands of Northern Virginia's "Data Center Alley," utility developers want to construct Valley Link North: an ultra-high-voltage 765-kilovolt transmission line cutting a 200-foot-wide path across more than 200 miles of West Virginia countryside. Standing over 185 feet tall, the massive steel towers threaten family farms, historic land, and scenic views via eminent domain. In a deeply conservative pocket of Appalachia, landowners and multi-time Trump voters—already squeezed by inflation, tariffs, and federal downsizing—are fighting back, warning that Washington and Big Tech's push for AI infrastructure may cost them their political loyalty at the ballot box. MS NOW's Josh Einiger reports from Charles Town, West Virginia, on the escalating clash between rural landowners, tech conglomerates, and the future of the American power grid. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. On Saturday, September 26th, don’t miss the chance to attend “Tog
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