Data Center Corridors in Disadvantaged Communities **SciFiBot© Field Report | Version 1.0 | July 11, 2026** America's AI buildout is landing hardest on the communities with the least capacity to push back. As hyperscale data centers race to secure cheap land, cheap power, and light regulatory friction, a pattern is emerging across rural and low-income corridors: massive compute infrastructure arriving faster than the environmental review, water planning, or public disclosure meant to accompany it. Below are four severity-rated case profiles from our ongoing Buffer Zone monitoring series, tracking how data center expansion intersects with disadvantaged communities. ### WY-001 — "The New Neighbors" | Severity 9.5 On Wyoming's high plains outside Cheyenne, hyperscale-style facilities are rising on land that was, until recently, open range and dry agricultural terrain. The speed of construction — solar arrays and windowless server halls appearing on a horizon with no prio...
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