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#Georgia #DataCenter Secretly Used 29 Million Gallons of Water, Exposed by Residents’ Low Water Pressure

By Staff Writer
May 11, 2026

#FayettevilleGA — "A major #datacenter campus in Fayette County, Georgia, drew nearly 30 million gallons of water through unmetered connections before the issue surfaced due to complaints of low water pressure from nearby homeowners, county officials said.

"The discovery, first reported by Politico, centers on the sprawling 615-acre #QTSDataCenter development located about 20 miles south of #Atlanta. #QualityTechnologyServices (QTS), owned by #Blackstone, operates the site, which is one of the largest data center projects in the United States.

"Fayette County investigators found that the campus had been pulling water through two connections the county was unaware of and had not properly billed. As a result, QTS was issued retroactive charges totaling $147,474. County officials estimated the unmetered usage covered roughly four months, while the company maintained the period was between nine and 15 months.

"Vanessa Tigert, director of the Fayette County Water System, attributed the oversight to an administrative error that occurred during the county’s transition to smart meters. [I call BULLSHIT!]

" 'Fayette County is a suburb, it’s mostly residential, and we don’t have much commercial meters in our system anyway,' Tigert said. 'And so we didn’t realize our connection point wasn’t working.'

"A QTS spokesperson confirmed the company paid the retroactive charges immediately upon notification and said the unmetered usage stemmed from the county’s meter system upgrade.

"No fines were issued. County officials emphasized they are maintaining a cooperative relationship with the developer.

"The Fayetteville campus currently includes 13 buildings encompassing approximately 6.2 million square feet. It is part of a larger planned development that could eventually include up to 16 buildings.

"The incident highlights growing tensions nationwide over the resource demands of data centers. Communities across the U.S. have become increasingly vocal about the strain these facilities place on local water supplies and electrical grids, leading to heightened opposition to new projects.

"In a separate but related development, an Indianapolis City-County Council member’s home was shot at in April shortly after he supported rezoning for a data center project. The attack on Ron Gibson came days after a 6–2 vote approving the nearly 14-acre facility in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood."

Source:
https://www.georgiarecord.com/business-ga/2026/05/11/georgia-data-center-secretly-used-29-million-gallons-of-water-exposed-by-residents-low-water-pressure/

#ResistDatacenters #Datacenters #WaterIsLife #AISucks #DatacentersSuck #EnergyHogs #NoisePollution #WaterConsumption #Secrecy

Bournemouth vs Man #City LIVE reaction to Pep Guardiola -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#6

#Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is reorganizing -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#94

#Google, #Blackstone Plan $5B TPU Cloud Venture for #AI -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#58

#Nigeria military -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#64

#Apple’s Amazing AirPods Pro 3 Drop To $199 Once Again, -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#80

📈 Ranking top 50 #USMNT players for #World Cup
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/sports.html#24

View all of Today Is... https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/today-is.html

Blackstone brand Parmesan Ranch Seasoning recalled due to Salmonella

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/blackstone-brand-parmesan-ranch-seasoning-recalled-due-salmonella
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Rappel de « Parmesan Ranch Seasoning » de marque Blackstone en raison de la bactérie Salmonella

https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/rappel-parmesan-ranch-seasoning-marque-blackstone-en-raison-bacterie-salmonella

#Canada #Blackstone #Recall #rappel

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/19/google-and-blackstone-to-create-tpu-cloud-provider-xcxwbn/

Google and Blackstone have formed a TPU cloud venture backed by a $5 billion Blackstone commitment and aimed at widening access to Google's AI chips.

#AI #TPU #Google #Blackstone #GoogleCloudPlatform #AICompute #AIInfrastructure #AIChips #Alphabet

📌Dormir en una furgoneta de Cañada Real por litigios con la Comunidad de Madrid, que evita realojar a Antonio y su familia
https://carabanchel.net/dormir-en-una-furgoneta-de-canada-real-por-litigios-con-la-comunidad-de-madrid-que-evita-realojar-a-antonio-y-su-familia/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #Blackstone #CañadaRealGaliana #Coslada #emergenciasocial #infraviviendas #realojo #Rivas #serviciossociales #Vicalvaro

A company called #VoltaGrid is attempting to build a massive #ai #datacentre and #LNG #powerplant in our community.

Voltagrid takes funding from #Blackstone and #Halliburton!

https://voltagrid.com/voltagrid-announces-1-billion-strategic-equity-investment-from-blackstone-and-halliburton-to-fund-growth-and-acquisition-of-propell

#SaveLorenville #FuckAI #FuckFossilFuels #FuckBillionaires

Observer | 16 Business Leaders to Join Trump on High-Stakes China Trip, With Notable Absences by Rachel Curry

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

President Donald Trump is set to travel to Beijing for a two‑day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by a delegation of 16 top U.S. executives from technology, finance and manufacturing, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and CEOs of Qualcomm, Micron, Boeing, Goldman Sachs and others. The visit comes amid heightened U.S.–China tensions over trade, AI, semiconductor exports, Taiwan, fentanyl trafficking and the broader geopolitical fallout of the Iran war, and signals the growing role of corporate America in diplomatic negotiations as firms seek to secure supply‑chain stability and market access. Notable absences were Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Cisco’s Chuck Robbins, while the delegation is expected to discuss potential new “boards of investment” and “boards of trade” and address specific corporate interests such as Tesla’s approval for its full‑self‑driving technology and Boeing’s pursuit of a major Chinese aircraft order.

Read more: https://observer.com/2026/05/16-business-leaders-to-join-trump-on-high-stakes-china-trip-with-notable-absences/

#DonaldTrump #XiJinping #ElonMusk #TimCook #LarryFink #Tesla #SpaceX #Apple #BlackRock #Boeing #Blackstone #BrianSikes #business #cargill #ChuckRobbins #Cisco #citi #coherent #CristianoAmon #DavidSolomon #DinaPowellMcCormick #finance #geaerospace #GoldmanSachs #illumina #JacobThaysen #JaneFraser #JensenHuang #JimAnderson #KellyOrtberg #larryculp #Mastercard #Meta #MichaelMiebach #micron #Nvidia #OpenAI #policy #Qualcomm #RyanMcInerney #SamAltman #SanjayMehrotra #StephenSchwarzman #technology #trade #visa #CristianoAmon #SanjayMehrotra #JensenHuang #ChuckRobbins #SamAltman

Sony Music Publishing Acquires Recognition Music Group’s Complete Catalog

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/sony-music-publishing-acquires-recognition-catalog/

#Anthropic has partnered with #Blackstone, #HellmanFriedman, and #GoldmanSachs to launch an #AInative #enterpriseservices company. The venture, backed by $1.5 billion, aims to disrupt the #consulting industry by embedding Anthropic’s engineers and models directly into mid-size businesses. This structure combines implementation capability with model ownership. https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/anthropic-claude-consulting-industry-joint-venture-blackstone-goldman-sachs/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Wait — why aren't #JustinTrudeau and Sophie Grégoire -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/cities.html#41a

CIT #CEO misled board over TAFE misconduct investigation, -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#55

#Kuwait suspends licenses of vehicle inspection firms -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#KuwaitCity

#Blackstone and Goldman among backers for $15bn JV -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#India

Oprah's #Book Club pick Maria Semple reads "Go Gentle" -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Canada

View all news from Ireland https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-ireland.html

#blackstone

Creo que toda persona en España que en 2012 estuviese medianamente informada ya sabe todo esto sobre la #viviendaPública, la #Sareb, los #FondosDeInversión, #BlackStone #kkr y las movidas del #PP y #PSOE, pero en @ctxt lo ponen todo junto y muy bien explicado.

#Trump again threatens #Iran infrastructure as he orders -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Luxembourg

#Blackstone Group (BX) Gets a Hold from JP Morgan -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#45

Chakravarthy, Kartik shine as #KKR restrict RR to 155/9 -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/sports.html#6

#Trump Convenes Situation Room Meeting on #Iran -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#31

#Nebraska baseball rule rules No 12 #USC -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Toyko

View all news from Cities in the World https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-countries-of-world_16.html

What an energizing #CablesOfResistance workshop:

Purge Palantir

Jeff and Karl managed to have a fruitful conversation with a packed room. Lots of people contributed facts.

Having attended MP @sonjalemke's presentation this afternoon, I was able to contribute the fact that QTS (part of #Blackstone and a frequent contractor of ICE and Palantir) is planning a new datacenter in far west of Germany – in Lippetal near Hamm, Westphalia.

I also shared a detail from a public hearing in Baden-Wuerttemberg where the police presented a device called a “data diode” as an alleged proof that no data from Palantir servers in Germany can flow to Palantir headquarters in the US – which is a ridiculous suggestion. Palantir servers – even if located inside German police authorities – are always run by Palantir staff, and they will surely find a way to exfiltrate data when asked by their bosses or the US government (which can force US companies to hand out data even if it is stored on foreign servers because of the US CLOUD and FISA acts).

Talk abstract from the schedule:

An open discussion and exchange about organizing against Palantir and big tech in the US and abroad.
Jeff and Karl are organizers working with grassroots organizations, activist collectives, and labor unions in the US to slow authoritarian consolidation and curtail the power of Big Tech.
Jeff is part of the #teslatakedown core team https://www.teslatakedown.com/
Karl is a team member of PurgePalantir https://purgepalantir.com/

#purgepalantir #teslatakedown #palantir #qts #ice #datacenter #lippetal #hamm #westfalen

📌¿Qué 13 caseros privados acumulan 100.000 viviendas en alquiler en el Estado español?
https://carabanchel.net/que-13-caseros-privados-acumulan-100-000-viviendas-en-alquiler-en-el-estado-espanol/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #alquiler #bancos #Blackstone #Caixabank #caserosprivados #fondos #megatenedores #ranking #sareb #viviendas

@heiseonline

Dazu passt dieser Artikel zum geplanten Groß-Rechenzentrum in #Hamm :

https://bit.ly/3Q3urYK

#Palantir #QTS #Blackstone #Di_day

@vowe

Diese Bundesregierung ist so abgrundtief von der Industrie bestochen, das es schon weh tut.

Wundert das jemanden, wenn man schaut welchen Hintergrund der #Blackstone Kasper hat. Oder der Hintergrund von Frau Reiche?

#FossilMafia

OpenAI offers 17.5% on venture deal! How can it do that?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/30/openai-offers-17-5-on-venture-deal-how-can-it-do-that/

The Cracks in the $3 Trillion “Shadow” Banking System Are Getting Harder to Ignore
#Apollo #Blackrock #Blackstone #cockroaches #finance #crisis
https://investorplace.com/market360/2026/03/the-cracks-in-the-3-trillion-shadow-banking-system-are-getting-harder-to-ignore/

Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL Cricket Franchise to Be Acquired by Aditya Birla Group, Times of India, Bolt Ventures and Blackstone for $1.78 Billion
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Blackstone #IPL #RoyalChallengersBengaluru

https://variety.com/2026/sports/news/royal-challengers-bengaluru-aditya-birla-group-sale-1236699243/

📌Blackstone planea revender los miles de pisos protegidos que Ana Botella le entregó y amenaza con no renovar contratos
https://carabanchel.net/blackstone-planea-revender-los-miles-de-pisos-protegidos-que-ana-botella-le-entrego-y-amenaza-con-no-renovar-contratos/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #VIDEOS #AlmeidaDimisión #AnaBotella #ArantxaMejías #Blackstone #consecuenciaspenales #corruPPcion #EMVS #fidere #RitaMaestre

📌Bergerot acusa a Ayuso de ser “sumisa” a EEUU, Israel y los fondos buitre
https://carabanchel.net/bergerot-acusa-a-ayuso-de-ser-sumisa-a-eeuu-israel-y-los-fondos-buitre/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #VIDEOS #AirBnB #Asamblea #Bergerot #Blackstone #Comunidad #quiron #sumisa #AyusoAPrisión7291

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/17/openai-10-billion-joint-venture-pe-firms-enterprise-ai-xcxwbn/

OpenAI in Talks for $10B Joint Venture with Private Equity Partners

#AI #OpenAI #EnterpriseAI #ChatGPT #ChatGPTEnterprise ##VentureCapital #AIIntegration #PrivateEquity #JointVentures #TPG #Blackstone

Country singer Corb Lund relaunches provincewide petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes

https://www.waternotcoal.ca/

Your friendly reminder that Corb Lund’s petition is still going, and check to see if there’s a petition station near you.

Lund said opponents of the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects worry they would affect the quality of drinking water from the Oldman and North Saskatchewan rivers due to their respective locations.

A peer-reviewed study published last year found contamination from old coal mines in Alberta had been polluting nearby bodies of water, negatively impacting water quality and aquatic ecosystems.

“It’s already in the sensitive area,” Lund said, referring specifically to the Grassy Mountain project. “There’s already been legacy mining up there decades ago, and there’s already an overwhelming amount of selenium in some of the lakes up there, so the economics of the thing don’t make sense and the conservation elements of it certainly don’t make sense.”

#Blackstone-owned AirTrunk secures record $124B loan
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#18

Man arrested months after young dad shot dead in #Motherwell
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#stv_news

Antisemitism, #Israel, and #Jewish Identity
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#36

#CBS #News Anchor Runs for #Congress in #Miami
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#31

#MargotRobbie turns heads at #Paris #Fashion Week with
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/ireland.html#Evoke

Skin Care Strategies for Busy, High-Stress #Lifestyles
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#81