“Directions to 255 USA Parkway,” Brian Armon asked his phone’s AI assistant, which responded with a virtual map and a traffic report.
Armon, a commercial real estate broker, was driving to the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, which rises from the sagebrush like a pop-up book. Flat-roof buildings stretch out against the backdrop of brown hills. Cranes and excavators stand still like toys.
“So, the building you see up on the hill there, that’s Vantage Data Centers,” Armon said and then pointed to several half-built structures in the distance. “EdgeCore, that’s a data center that’s under construction.”…