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4 days agoAI may be digital, but it still eats up real land
AI data centres require large-scale physical infrastructure that competes with agricultural land for power, cooling, and transmission corridors.
According to the county, the proposed amendments are designed to help farmers and ranchers access undeveloped and actively farmed properties in unincorporated rural areas of Santa Clara County. These properties are being advertised for home development, which in turn has inflated land values. The proposal seeks to mitigate this by updating exclusive agriculture, agricultural ranchlands, hillside and rural residential zones.