Cities, not rural areas, power the digital infrastructure of the USA
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This is a summary of: Ancona, C. et al. Urban infrastructure and fossil fuel industrial legacy drive US data center siting. Nat. Cities https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-00487-z (2026).
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