Communities Push Back Against Big Tech Data Centers Over Water Use and Secrecy
By
J.J. Anselmi
Summary
An oral history documenting community resistance to Big Tech data centers across the United States. The article highlights concerns about water usage, environmental impact, lack of transparency, and local government secrecy (including NDAs) when tech companies like Amazon build massive data centers in residential areas. Residents express frustration over being kept in the dark about water consumption from local aquifers and the environmental consequences of these facilities.
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· 4 pulledOur elected officials who were meeting with Amazon all signed NDAs for how much water it would use to cool their servers.
How are we supposed to know if they're getting close to the limitations of our freshwater aquifer if we don't know how much water they're using?
They just say, 'Oh, we'll know. Don't worry.' Yeah, right. That's what I'm worried about.
I'm always asking them, what's so 'Colonel Sanders's 11 secret herbs and spices' about how much water they use to cool their servers? We have a right to know.
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