Struggling marijuana farmers pivot to becoming AI data center sites to escape falling weed revenue — existing water and power infrastructure makes cultivation sites ideal for decentralized ‘mini data center nodes’
AI-generated summary The artificial intelligence data center boom is offering potential new options for struggling cannabis farmers facing increased competition, costs, and taxes amid reduced demand for marijuana. Cultivation facilities already possess electricity and water infrastructure that could make them suitable for conversion into mini data center nodes according to reporting from Arizona Public Media and Forbes.