{"product_id":"this-is-server-country-michael-bommarito-9798994345771","title":"This Is Server Country: AI, Power, and the Remaking of Rural America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA town spoke. Something larger answered.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS SERVER COUNTRY\u003c\/strong\u003e tells-through vivid narrative and clear-eyed analysis-the story of America's largest private infrastructure buildout. A trillion dollars. Six hundred projects. A power grid racing to keep up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers: \u003c\/p\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. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe trillion-dollar capital wave reshaping American infrastructure. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState incentive wars and community resistance. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nuclear renaissance and natural gas reality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExport controls and the geopolitics of AI.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Bommarito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994345771\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\/26\/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":48218022215935,"sku":"9798994345771","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_699fcafb-150d-41bb-8dd0-16b2fedf64bd.jpg?v=1772000932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-is-server-country-michael-bommarito-9798994345771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}