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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Here's one example: 

https://www.networkworld.com/article/2071209/data-center-provider-razes-55-homes-to-make-room-for-illinois-campus.html

There's also Itasca in Illinois

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/unnamed-data-center-developer-acquires-14-acres-in-itasca-area-of-chicago-illinois/

I bet you can find more

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow wow wow crazy.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Wow is right, those people made a massive profit on their homes.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They reportedly paid an average of around $950,000 per house — which was significantly above what that land would have been worth as residential

Why are you trying to make it seem like the homeowners have been screwed over? It makes no fucking sense.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

There is a reason they all sold. But that it is happening is still crazy. As if there is no empty space anywhere?