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Inside the long, bitter fight over one man’s quest to build the biggest AI datacenter in California

ByW.B.D. Editorial Desk· October 17, 2026
Inside the long, bitter fight over one man’s quest to build the biggest AI datacenter in California

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 lar…

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