West Texas Farmers Squeezed by Data Centers and Renewable Energy

LUBBOCK, Texas – Where is your food grown?

It is a question many consumers may not think about often, but for farmers and ranchers across Texas, finding enough land to produce that food is becoming increasingly difficult.

While urban growth has long been blamed for shrinking agricultural space, West Texas producers say they are now competing with another rapidly growing industry: renewable energy projects and data centers…

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