The Chestnut Grove Caught in the Middle of A Years-Long Data Center Fight
2026-10-21 · 404 Media
Historic American chestnut trees in West Virginia are being sacrificed at the altar of AI infrastructure, with locals fighting a years-long battle against a data center threatening to bulldoze their irreplaceable grove. Nothing says 'the future' quite like destroying century-old trees so chatbots can hallucinate faster.