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Largest Private Investment in State History
West Memphis, Arkansas, sits just across the Mississippi River from Elvis Presley’s hometown. The city of 24,000 has a poverty rate above 25% and has been losing residents for decades.
Now Google is betting $10 billion that this Delta town can power the future of artificial intelligence.
The project triples the state’s previous investment record, and what it means for local residents is still being debated.
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Five Data Centers on 1,178 Acres
The campus will span nearly 1,200 acres just south of Bollinger Road, near the Tennessee border…