Big Tech Is Now Targeting Native American Land for Data Centers
reaperducer
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July 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
asdfasgasdgasdg
The tribes have a history of being more pragmatic about buildings that would be considered distasteful elsewhere. Smart to at least explore this option, and if deals can be made then it seems like a fine outcome.
ButlerianJihad
Talk about "data sovereignty"--imagine if people begin finding out that their data "lives" on servers under jurisdiction of some tribal authority, instead of/alongside the United States! Sovereign Indian tribles can practically get away with murder compared to entities that are regulated by ordinary US law. I was recently the victim of some kind of tribal predatory loan service that was way off in Northern California. I looked into it, and determined that there was basically nothing I could do to pursue it legally. It is unclear whether a "tribal loan account" could be legally pursued by ordinary US collection agencies, but it's rather crazy to imagine that kind of activity that targets ordinary Americans.
thelastgallon
Its a shame that tribal lands aren't being used for solar and wind.
zzzbra
Eddington (2025) was a documentary.
heythere22
https://archive.ph/PnmPq
abhinai
Usage of phrases like "Big Tech" and "Targeting" make me believe this article is written with extreme bias even before I click the link.