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EPISODE · Jan 5, 2026 · 46 MIN

56: How the AI Boom Could Threaten Your Local Golf Course

from Destination GOLF · host GOLF.com

The biggest financial, technological, and societal story of 2025 surrounded advancements in artificial intelligence. These AI engines require massive supporting infrastructure projects, and in several cases now, developers are hunting golf courses as sites for future AI data centers.GOLF.com Executive Editor Alan Bastable has done extensive reporting on munis and public courses in Pennsylvania, California, and Virginia that are all at risk of getting paved over to fuel the future of AI. Alan and Josh Sens go deep on the factors that led to this reality, and how much of an issue it might really become.You can read more of Alan's reporting here: https://golf.com/news/data-centers-coming-golf-courses/

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