Topic: Land Use

Investor Kevin O'Leary is reportedly behind a massive 40,000-acre data center project in Utah, which is roughly twice the size of Manhattan. Critics and local activists have raised concerns about the project's massive electricity requirements and its potential for mass surveillance. The facility would be significantly larger than the existing NSA data center in the same state.

A proposal inspired by comedian George Carlin suggests converting America's 17,000 golf courses into low-cost housing for the homeless. Carlin's 1990s routine criticized golf as an "arrogant elitist game" that wastes over 3 million acres of land. The "Trump-Carlin Golf Course Act" is jokingly suggested as a way for President Trump to use his own properties to solve the national housing crisis.