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Yes, and Yes
Can a large data center be built away from water resources and be independently powered?
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 120 min read
Georgia Needs More Power
Last year, Georgia Power got permission from the state's Public Service Commission to radically increase the amount of electricity the utility generates and sells.
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 100 min read
ALL ABOUT AGRIVOLTAICS
What if the same piece of land could be used to grow food and generate electricity at the same time? If is so.
R.N.D.I. Sourced News
Aug 30 min read
AI Future in Georgia?
Walton County, Georgia, didn’t ask to become a test case for the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 210 min read
Whose Farm or Ranch?
The seriousness of development threat to farms and ranches.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 140 min read
When Data Centers Are Politicized
Georgia state lawmakers spent months debating ideas to curb the impact of data centers. But as their annual legislative session ended..., they did nothing.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 30 min read
Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base
Can the energy infrastructure serving the U.S. defense industrial base sustain production under mobilization?
Farmed Sourced News
Mar 170 min read
'Data Center Alley' Raises Infrastructure Concerns
The concentration of more than 143 data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County is creating unprecedented demands on the nation's power grid and raising questions about infrastructure resilience.
Farmed Sourced News
Sep 16, 20250 min read
Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence
The cybersecurity of AI data centers is becoming increasingly important.
Farmed Sourced News
Sep 4, 20250 min read
Misplaced Data
Data center development has run amok. The area in Northern Virginia known as "Data Center Alley," for example, is the largest cluster of data centers in the world. That's a problem.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 8, 20250 min read
DHS: AI in Critical Infrastructure
A set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in critical infrastructure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Farmed Sourced News
Nov 14, 20240 min read
Investing in Rural America
Read how the U.S. Department of Transportation implemented billions of dollars in 2004 to build rural infrastructure.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 1, 20240 min read
New Atlanta to Myrtle Beach dark-fiber route to open up rural connectivity options
A new dark fiber route connecting Atlanta to Myrtle Beach has been completed, providing new opportunities for connectivity in rural areas of Georgia and South Carolina.
R.N.D.I. Sourced News
May 16, 20240 min read
Closing the Digital and Economic Divides in Rural America
America [still] has a rural broadband problem. Still relevant 8 years following this 2018 Brookings Institution report.
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 30, 20180 min read
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