As part of the latest wave of Big Tech spending on AI, Google recently announced a $9 billion investment to build a new data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of what's being called "Data Center Alley." This kind of development is not confined to Northern Virginia. Across the country, a data center industrial boom is reshaping landscapes, local economies, and the environment.
The Cool Down set out to map and analyze the impact of these changes across the country, interviewing top
