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Inside the long, bitter fight over one man’s quest to build the biggest AI datacenter in California

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All 1 reports on Sat, 17 October 2026

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Sebastian RucciImperialCalifornia

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  1. Sat, 17 October 2026

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    • The Guardian World13:00first to report

      A modern-day prospector promised rural Imperial thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – but his plan has set off a firestorm of resistance Sebastian Rucci zoomed in on a map in late 2024, looking closely at a large block of brown earth. The barren plot sandwiched between sprawling alfalfa fields and sleepy desert suburbs was exactly what he’d been searching for – the perfect place to realize his dream of building the largest artificial intelligence datacenter in California. The dusty...

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