This economic transformation does not require revolutionary seizure of private property. It occurs through construction of parallel systems that outcompete extractive systems through superior ownership structures. Residents choose cooperatives over corporations because cooperatives provide better service at lower cost while distributing benefits. Market competition drives transformation when cooperative alternatives exist at sufficient scale.

This feasibility study assesses the technical, economic, and organizational viability of establishing a community-owned distributed mesh data center network in Louisville, Kentucky. The proposed Louisville Community Data Center Cooperative (LCDCC) would deploy 5,000 computing nodes across Louisville Metro, creating America's first large-scale community-owned edge computing infrastructure.

Community mesh networks demonstrate that internet infrastructure can operate as a profitable public utility using proven cooperative models.