Utilities can use eminent domain to seize private land for new transmission lines needed to power data centers, though public-use and state-law limits still apply.
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July 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Power companies can seize private land to make way for new AI data center transmission lines, report says — takeovers could be implemented using eminent domain law when private citizens refuse to sell land
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