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One of America's Last Chestnut Groves Faces Data Center Demolition

Original: One of America's Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

One of the last surviving stands of American chestnut trees in the United States is reportedly slated to be cleared to make way for a data center. The story has drawn attention as an example of tension between rapid data infrastructure growth and the protection of rare natural habitats, with critics lamenting that an iconic species, devastated by blight a century ago, could lose one of its few remaining strongholds to development.

Why now: People are reacting to the clash between booming data center construction and the preservation of a rare, iconic tree species.

American chestnut treesdata center developersUnited States

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