They're Pouring Concrete for AI Before You Can Say a Word
The permitting gets rushed so the hearing lands after the concrete dries.
The Intercept lays out the developer playbook in forensic detail: lock down the land, the water rights, and the power deal fast and quiet, so by the time the locals figure out whatβs rising next to their aquifer the fight already left the building . Speed is the entire strategy here, the whole grubby point of breaking ground before a single neighbor can drag a folding chair into a town hall. The Intercept on the race to build.
Source: The Intercept · The Intercept
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