This is interesting. A friend and I talked about a similar idea about 10 years ago where we thought about buying gas stations that were going out of business to turn into mini data centers. These would have been the smaller, sometimes Mom & Pop places that were obsoleted as the larger Truck Stop looking stations moved in.

We thought already having underground fuel tanks and permits would be a meaningful start. Also, already being at or near major roadways, etc would make fiber access easier.

But, life got in the way and we never went anywhere with it.