How the American oligarchy went hyperscale
A Mother Jones feature examines the AI data center boom as the making of an "AI oligarchy," arguing tech billionaires' trillion-dollar building spree has fused with Trump's administration to reshape power, land, energy, and politics. It reports the boom's tolls and fights, from Meta's $27 billion Hyperion project in Louisiana and xAI's gas-turbine-powered Colossus in Memphis to community pushback that has blocked or paused projects across the country.
