This is a very viable explanation.

The broadcasting of "leave the area" and a countdown is bizarre.

There were multiple theories, and the one that proves to be the easiest to prove was real estate. The historical society was standing in the way of other people making money. Don't forget how payment processing ( infrastructure) went down for the entire region. The following seems ominous timing with FedNow starting July First. Will carriers be asking for more grants to not follow through on their end of the bargain?

The trouble is those aging servers are not cost-free. The performance of older equipment declines over time, while the time, cost and space needed to keep it running rises. Older servers are more likely to crash, causing unplanned downtime and higher maintenance costs. They are far more vulnerable to sophisticated, targeted attacks. Data centers that push the limits of existing power, cooling and space face increased power costs. Over time they will become more unable to keep pace with the increased, changing business demands. So, eking out a few more years from aging infrastructure may save on CAPEX, but at the expense of rising OPEX. It also risks loss of revenue and competitive advantage.

The fact is, when it comes to data centers, kicking IT infrastructure refreshment down the road is not an option. To serve modern customers, the modern enterprise needs modernized data centers that can support simpler, software-defined environments that improve operations, agility, flexibility and scalability with a lower TCO.

https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/data-center-modernization-the-heavy-and-rising-cost-of-doing-nothing/amp/