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Abandoned factories are being resurrected for the AI revolution

By Bijan Hosseini, CNN

Published 4:01 AM EDT, Mon August 10, 2026

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Abandoned factories are being resurrected for the AI revolution

A textile plant in Madison, North Carolina, sat empty after 250 jobs vanished. Now it's being rebuilt to run AI. WhiteFiber CEO Sam Tabar says sites like it are the AI race's secret weapon: already built, already powered, ready in months.

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