r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 5d ago

Society One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

https://www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-americas-last-chestnut-groves-is-about-to-be-destroyed-for-a-data-center
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u/Cirque14505 5d ago

This would be an absolute crime. It’s such a shame the American chestnut tree got wiped out by disease. For people that don’t know, they used to be everywhere along the east coast, and they were giant.