Brenda Rizzo might lose her 101-acre family farm. Blame AI.
PPL, a public utility in the Pennsylvania community where Rizzo resides, is using eminent domain to seize her land and erect massive, 240-foot-tall electrical towers. Those 6-story power lines will fuel AI data centers also under construction in the region.
Welcome to a rarely discussed side of the tech boom: Humongous “GPU mansions” are popping up all over America to power big tech’s AI and cloud computing data centers. In the case of Rizzo and 95 other families in rural PA, the demand is dropping into their front yard.
PCMag met with the Rizzo family to try to understand the impact on their home and their community. Watch the video here and read the full investigative piece at
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