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Short, plain explanations of the things landowners actually ask us about. Written for the person who owns the ground, not for investors, and with no advice about what you ought to do with your property.
Real data center buyers often hide behind a new LLC and a code name, which makes them look like the scams landowners are warned about. What state regulators and the FBI say to watch for, what you can check yourself, and how to keep your money safe at closing.
2026-10-03
A big line or substation nearby is a reason to look, not an answer. How to tell a transmission line from a distribution line, why a data center cannot simply tap the line, what the easement stops you building, and how anyone finds out whether the grid has room.
2026-10-03
A data center buyer is paying for what the land could become with power, not for what it grows. How appraisers judge that, which costs and delays the developer carries first, why option money is smaller than a sale price, and what farmland surveys say about data centers.
2026-10-03
Most landowners never go looking for a data center buyer. The buyer finds them, often without a name attached. What the process looks like from the first letter to closing, what each document commits you to, and what to settle before you sign anything.
2026-09-29
Documented data center campuses in the US run from under 100 acres to more than 2,000. What real projects used, why a campus needs far more ground than its buildings cover, and why acreage matters less than the power that can reach it.
2026-09-29
Powered land is ground with a secured path to a large supply of electricity, not just ground near a power line. What the term means, how land actually becomes powered, what utilities now require before they commit, and how to tell whether yours is a candidate.
2026-09-29
From no minimum in Oklahoma, to 200 million dollars and 50 jobs under Louisiana R.S. 47:305.73, to 450 million for Kentucky's longest term. What eighteen states ask, and why the number changes who might call you.
2026-08-19
Landowners hear that data centers are buying rural property and reasonably wonder what that means for them. Here is what one of these projects puts on the ground, and why the answer depends more on what is next to your land than on the land itself.
2026-08-04
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