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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

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Shoulda got that in writing I guess.
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  Sounds like she did and the city just ignored it.

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