Residents in NEPA Town Sell to Data Centers, Get Rich, & Move

Last week, MDN told you about a group of landowners in Salem Township (Luzerne County), PA, near Wilkes-Barre, who had banded together to offer their land for sale to a data center project and potentially become very wealthy (see NEPA Landowners Line Up to Become AI Millionaires by Selling Land). We have an update to that story, locking down just how wealthy they could become. The article looks at what is happening in Salem Township. Much of the perspective is, "Isn't it a shame how data centers are destroying this little slice of paradise?" Homes are being boarded up, and people are moving away.

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