{"product_id":"this-is-server-country-michael-bommarito-9798994345733","title":"This Is Server Country: AI, Power, and the Remaking of Rural America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA town spoke. Something larger answered.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn September 2025, a township board in rural Michigan voted to reject a data center. Two days later, the developer sued. Within three weeks, the project was approved anyway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS IS SERVER COUNTRY\u003c\/b\u003e tells - through vivid narrative and clear-eyed analysis - the story of America's largest private infrastructure buildout. More than a trillion dollars. Over six hundred projects. A power grid racing to keep up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book follows the people caught in the buildout, explains how the machines actually work, and asks why farmland instead of shuttered factories. It traces the current backward from silicon in Taiwan to sandy loam in Saline - and reveals who builds, who benefits, and who pays, where local zoning meets great-power politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll learn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow AI inference works and why it demands unprecedented compute power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy data centers choose farmland, not cities-the grid topology that determines where projects land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe trillion-dollar capital wave: hyperscalers, private equity, and sovereign wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState incentive wars and the communities caught between economic development and local control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nuclear renaissance, natural gas reality, and what sustainability promises actually mean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExport controls, chip wars, and the geopolitics reshaping global AI infrastructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe railroads opened the West. The interstates created the suburbs. The AI boom follows the same pattern, at faster speed - but to what end, we know not yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for: \u003c\/b\u003e Anyone who wants to understand where AI actually lives - the buildings, the power, the politics. Technologists, policymakers, investors, journalists, and citizens in communities facing these decisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Bommarito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994345733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael J Bommarito II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Michael Bommarito","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447280709887,"sku":"9798994345733","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6049e4e6-3f05-4462-96f3-d7c4d65081e6.jpg?v=1777230057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-is-server-country-michael-bommarito-9798994345733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}