{"id":21079,"date":"2025-12-04T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/the-ai-boom-is-heralding-a-new-gold-rush-in-the-american-west\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:37:25","slug":"the-ai-boom-is-heralding-a-new-gold-rush-in-the-american-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/the-ai-boom-is-heralding-a-new-gold-rush-in-the-american-west\/","title":{"rendered":"The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech data centers <\/p>\n

Driving down the interstate through the dry Nevada desert, there are few signs that a vast expanse of new construction is hiding behind the sagebrush-covered hills. But, just beyond a massive power plant and transmission towers that march up into the dusty brown mountains, lies one of the world\u2019s biggest buildouts of data centers \u2013 miles of new concrete buildings that house millions of computer servers.<\/p>\n

This business park, called the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, has a sprawling landmass greater than the city of Denver. It is home to the largest data center in the US, built by the company Switch, and tech giants like Google and Microsoft have also bought land here and are constructing enormous facilities. A separate Apple data center complex is just down the road. Tesla\u2019s gigafactory, which builds electric vehicle batteries, is a resident too.<\/p>\n

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\nOnce home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech data centers
\nDriving down the interstate through the dry Nevada desert, there are few signs that a vast expanse of new construction is hiding behind the sagebrush-covered hills. But, just beyond a massive power plant and transmission towers that march up into the dusty brown mountains, lies one of the world\u2019s biggest buildouts of data centers \u2013 miles of new concrete buildings that house millions of computer servers.
\nThis business park, called the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, has a sprawling landmass greater than the city of Denver. It is home to the largest data center in the US, built by the company Switch, and tech giants like Google and Microsoft have also bought land here and are constructing enormous facilities. A separate Apple data center complex is just down the road. Tesla\u2019s gigafactory, which builds electric vehicle batteries, is a resident too. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech data centers Driving down the interstate through the dry Nevada desert, there are few signs that a vast expanse of new construction is hiding behind the sagebrush-covered hills. But, just beyond a massive power plant …<\/p>\n

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