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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
Illinois Advancing EV Charging
Casey's next big thing: Illinois' first electric vehicle charging station built through federal program now up and running.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 280 min read
What is Agrivoltaics?
[S]ome passersby may be surprised to spot crops growing or sheep grazing between rows of panels.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 10 min read
$37 Million in EV Charging
Washington state is investing $37.3M to expand EV charging infrastructure, with a major focus on rural communities, tribal nations, and areas underserved by private investment.
Farmed Sourced News
Jun 10 min read
Heartland Fiber Project address rural AI hyperscaler opportunities
The joint initiative expands long‑haul fiber infrastructure to meet growing data demands.
R.N.D.I. Sourced News
May 280 min read
A Strong Electric Vehicle (EV) Case
Rising Gasoline Prices Make for a Strong Electric Vehicle (EV) Case.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 150 min read
Whose Farm or Ranch?
The seriousness of development threat to farms and ranches.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 140 min read
Illinois Tests Cost, Benefits of Agrivoltaics
Illinois team tests the costs, benefits of agrivoltaics across the Midwest
Farmed Sourced News
Mar 310 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
Agrivoltaics Delivers
Agrivoltaics: How combining solar panels and farming delivers big benefits.
Farmed Sourced News
Mar 20 min read
Illinois-Led Study: Agrivoltaics
Agrivoltaics, combining agriculture with photovoltaic systems, offers a promising solution to address land-use conflict between food and energy production.
Farmed Sourced News
Jan 290 min read
Illinois Data Center Power Play
How Clean Energy Can Meet Rising Electricity Demand While Delivering Climate and Health Benefits
Farmed Sourced News
Jan 10 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
Using the Sun: Agrivoltaics
‘Planting’ solar panels on agricultural lands may prevent crop loss and generate clean energy.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 25, 20240 min read
Farming For Crops — and For Solar Power
Farming for solar power can be an additional money-maker.
Farmed Sourced News
Sep 12, 20220 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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