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Sebastian Rucci proposed building what would be the largest AI datacenter in California on a plot of rural land in Imperial, promising thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue, and the plan has drawn strong local resistance.
Why it matters: It illustrates the local land-use and community conflicts that can arise from large AI datacenter projects.
Written by AI from Guardian AI's published text.
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“A modern-day prospector promised rural Imperial thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – but his plan has set off a firestorm of resistance Sebastian Rucci zoomed in on a map in late 2024, looking closely at a large block of brown earth.”
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