AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

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AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

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Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles.

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