Oracle's stock price has doubled over the past two years, pushing the company's market value to around $650 billion. "According to The Wall Street Journal, Oracle's stock has skyrocketed due to the AI boom. A lot of that growth has been concentrated in recent gains."
"It's just hideously inappropriate," said Stewart Lewis, 70, who lives in one of the converted houses in the 600-year-old Tithe Barn. "I think any reasonable person anywhere would say, 'Hang on, they want a data center? This isn't the place for it.'"