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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead (opens in new tab)

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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for data center development — $10 gift became $10M for city government, with $30M tax expected over next decade

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A Farmer Donated Land For a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million

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Farmer gave a Texas city 87 acres so kids would have 'somewhere to play' — now it is slated for a $10 million data center

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'Oh, this is not good for the neighborhood': Texas city sells 87 acres gifted by local farmer to data center developer for $10 million

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En 1999, un agricultor donó sus terrenos para un parque infantil. El ayuntamiento los vendió por millones para hacer un centro de datos

En 1999, un agricultor donó sus terrenos para un parque infantil. Ahora el ayuntamiento los ha vendido por millones para un centro de datos

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