Georgia family says they're forced to sell home to power AI data centers
rhaynes
17 points
2 comments
July 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
stevenalowe
context: Georgia Power is planning to build a new transmission line...70% for data centers. Acquiring 300 properties to do so.
arjie
Seems entirely fine. The land, the standard of living, all of this has value because of others doing a lot of work to keep it so. Once you’ve bought something you can’t free ride on the rest of society doing economically useful work. Eminent domain exists as a concept because we recognize this fact. The state needs to do things in order for its residents to prosper and you can’t nail-house these things to oblivion. Well, you can, but others will disagree.