DATACENTERS ARE BAD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MEANS TGAT THEY ARE BAD FIR HUMANITY
https://apnews.com/video/a-data-center-in-n-j-leaked-5000-gallons-of-diesel-fuel-how-much-is-left-40f87204453748c0ae87439b52fcb913
NO FUCKING DATACENTERS!
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Photo Essay - What the #Datacenter Boom looks like from the sky
by CJ Robinson, October 5, 2026
"The datacenter boom is sweeping across America in many forms. New projects are transforming large areas of unused [sic] land and squeezing residential neighborhoods..."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/05/upshot/data-center-scale.html
Archived version [clunky but shows the images]:
https://archive.ph/3RRXD#EnvironmentalDamage
#NoDatacentres #NoDatacenters
#ProtectNature #BigTech
#LandIsLife #NoisePollution #WaterPollution #ThermalPollution #EnergyConsumption #EnvironmentalRacism -
#Finland orders halt to work on two #Google #datacentres
by Florence Freeman, October 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Finnish authorities have ordered a halt to building work at two planned Google data centres amid concerns over the clearance of more than 300 hectares of #forest.
"The sites form part of Google's record €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) investment in Finland, announced less than a month ago and described by the company as its largest single investment in Europe.
The Finnish Supervisory Agency ( #LVV ) said work at one site was carried out without a mandatory #EnvironmentalImpactAssessment and ordered measures that would 'significantly alter the environment' to be suspended by 23 October."Google said it had 'fallen short of our own high standards in this instance' and would follow the agency's guidance.
The orders relate to preparatory work carried out at the planned data centre sites in #Muhos and #Kajaani."According to LVV's head of environment Tommi Muilu, work at the sites included the removal of trees and topsoil, the construction of site roads and storage areas, and changes to ditches.
#TuikeFinland, the company behind Google's data centre projects, has been asked to provide an explanation and set out how it intends to proceed by 14 October. The agency said it could begin 'enforcement proceedings' if the company failed to comply with its demand."Hanna Halmeenpaa, chair of the Finnish Association for #NatureConservation, had previously told the AFP news agency that ' #NatureSites which should be preserved' had been felled. The conservation group had previously called for work to be halted while the environmental requirements were examined."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvj6jkx6g1r0oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/sKxA7#EnvironmentalDamage #ProtectTheForest #NoDatacentres #GoogleDatacenters #NoDatacenters #ProtectNature #BigTech #LandIsLife
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I just learned about the proposed underwater #Datacenter off the coast of #EastportME, which is opposed by both the town and the #PassamaquoddyNation ! It looks like the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity is getting involved in the fight as well!
Legal Intervention Seeks to Protect #Whales From Proposed Underwater Data Center in #Maine
September 24, 2026
EASTPORT, Maine — "The Center for Biological Diversity filed a motion today to intervene in the federal permitting process for an underwater data center proposed off the coast of Maine. The proposed project could harm endangered North Atlantic right whales and fin whales, along with other marine wildlife.
" 'Experimenting with an underwater data center in the habitat of one of the world’s most endangered whale populations is a truly terrible idea,' said Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'Whales already face too many human-caused threats. Noise from the surveys and vessels could stress and disturb wildlife. If it’s built, this underwater data center could make the bay even more dangerous. The project needs to be stopped in its tracks.'
"The data center would be on about 27 acres near Eastport, Maine, in the #BayOfFundy, where #EndangeredWhales, #sturgeon and other #CoastalWildlife live and feed.
"On Aug. 25 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted an application from #DeepGreenWesternPassageSPV LLC to study feasibility for the project. The preliminary surveys and monitoring the company is proposing may increase vessel traffic and #NoisePollution , which could disrupt the behavior of #RightWhales, #FinWhales and other wildlife and interfere with their communication and foraging. These activities could also affect prey, increase pollution, impair #habitat and create collision or displacement risks.
"If the data center is eventually built, it would amplify those risks and raise additional concerns for #MarineLife, including entrapment, #thermal discharges, #contaminants, noise and construction impacts. #DeepGreen has also identified a potential second phase that would expand the project to as much as 400 acres.
"Fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales remain, including only about 70 breeding females. The primary threats to right whales are fishing gear entanglements and vessel strikes. Fin whales, which are the second largest whale species on Earth, are also endangered throughout their range."
#Maine #MainePol #NoDatacenters #UnderwaterDatacenters #NoisePollution #EndangeredSpecies
