Nvidia hits back at US data center gloom with plans to repurpose old telephone and telecom buildings owned by Brightspeed into small AI data centers
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Repurposing 130+ legacy telecom sites into small AI data centers is a bet that distributed, power-light footprints can move faster than mega-campus builds. If you’re planning AI infra, start mapping underutilized real estate and grid-adjacent assets — the constraint is shifting from land to permitting and power density.
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