#nomoredatacenters — Public Fediverse posts
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@gabriel It's all so insane. The psyops that are going on in this sphere. Where are the billions that are coming to economies? My state has had a data center presence for about 20 years due to readily available hydro power.
Local govs (the county) gets about $700k a year, but misses out on millions due to waived taxes. All the while that one #Google data center uses 400MM+ gallons of ground and surface #water per year in a water-scarce region.
These are raising rates for everyone around, for water, gas and power. Veeeery few people profit from this. This insatiable, exponentially growing waste of incredibly finite resources should be considered, in my humble opinion, the grandest of thefts from the public at large.
Not to mention that data centers in the next county over have helped to irreversibly destroy an aquifer through overuse (and CAFOs) and those centers 'concentrating' contaminates with evaporative cooling that is then spread onto fields draining into said aquifer. #NoAI #NoMoreDataCenters
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@gabriel It's all so insane. The psyops that are going on in this sphere. Where are the billions that are coming to economies? My state has had a data center presence for about 20 years due to readily available hydro power.
Local govs (the county) gets about $700k a year, but misses out on millions due to waived taxes. All the while that one #Google data center uses 400MM+ gallons of ground and surface #water per year in a water-scarce region.
These are raising rates for everyone around, for water, gas and power. Veeeery few people profit from this. This insatiable, exponentially growing waste of incredibly finite resources should be considered, in my humble opinion, the grandest of thefts from the public at large.
Not to mention that data centers in the next county over have helped to irreversibly destroy an aquifer through overuse (and CAFOs) and those centers 'concentrating' contaminates with evaporative cooling that is then spread onto fields draining into said aquifer. #NoAI #NoMoreDataCenters
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@gabriel It's all so insane. The psyops that are going on in this sphere. Where are the billions that are coming to economies? My state has had a data center presence for about 20 years due to readily available hydro power.
Local govs (the county) gets about $700k a year, but misses out on millions due to waived taxes. All the while that one #Google data center uses 400MM+ gallons of ground and surface #water per year in a water-scarce region.
These are raising rates for everyone around, for water, gas and power. Veeeery few people profit from this. This insatiable, exponentially growing waste of incredibly finite resources should be considered, in my humble opinion, the grandest of thefts from the public at large.
Not to mention that data centers in the next county over have helped to irreversibly destroy an aquifer through overuse (and CAFOs) and those centers 'concentrating' contaminates with evaporative cooling that is then spread onto fields draining into said aquifer. #NoAI #NoMoreDataCenters
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@gabriel It's all so insane. The psyops that are going on in this sphere. Where are the billions that are coming to economies? My state has had a data center presence for about 20 years due to readily available hydro power.
Local govs (the county) gets about $700k a year, but misses out on millions due to waived taxes. All the while that one #Google data center uses 400MM+ gallons of ground and surface #water per year in a water-scarce region.
These are raising rates for everyone around, for water, gas and power. Veeeery few people profit from this. This insatiable, exponentially growing waste of incredibly finite resources should be considered, in my humble opinion, the grandest of thefts from the public at large.
Not to mention that data centers in the next county over have helped to irreversibly destroy an aquifer through overuse (and CAFOs) and those centers 'concentrating' contaminates with evaporative cooling that is then spread onto fields draining into said aquifer. #NoAI #NoMoreDataCenters
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@gabriel It's all so insane. The psyops that are going on in this sphere. Where are the billions that are coming to economies? My state has had a data center presence for about 20 years due to readily available hydro power.
Local govs (the county) gets about $700k a year, but misses out on millions due to waived taxes. All the while that one #Google data center uses 400MM+ gallons of ground and surface #water per year in a water-scarce region.
These are raising rates for everyone around, for water, gas and power. Veeeery few people profit from this. This insatiable, exponentially growing waste of incredibly finite resources should be considered, in my humble opinion, the grandest of thefts from the public at large.
Not to mention that data centers in the next county over have helped to irreversibly destroy an aquifer through overuse (and CAFOs) and those centers 'concentrating' contaminates with evaporative cooling that is then spread onto fields draining into said aquifer. #NoAI #NoMoreDataCenters
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#Datacenter builders thought #farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
Even in a fragile farm economy, million-dollar offers can’t sway dedicated farmers.
Ashley Belanger – Feb 23, 2026
Excerpt: "For 'Silicon Valley executives,' rural areas are likely attractive due to 'weak zoning protections, cheap power, and abundant water,' The Guardian reported.
"It likely doesn’t help to sell the farmers these deals when they tend to come out of nowhere, following a knock on the door from a middleman who doesn’t make it clear who wants to buy the land or how the land would be used.
"One 82-year-old Kentucky woman, Ida Huddleston, turned away a 'Fortune 500 company' offering $33 million for 650 acres. NBC News reported that several of her neighbors received similar offers. Huddleston joined at least five other residents in the county who refused to move forward after learning they’d have to sign a non-disclosure agreement just to find out who they would be dealing with. Ultimately, Huddleston had to search public records to figure out that a data center was even being planned in the area, The Guardian reported. The #LackOfTransparency is a problem, farmers have said, because what buyers want to do with the land matters.
" 'You don’t have enough to buy me out,' Huddleston told the company representatives when rejecting the deal. 'I’m not for sale. Leave me alone, I’m satisfied.' "
Read more:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/im-not-for-sale-farmers-refuse-to-take-millions-in-data-center-deals/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DB229#Datacenters #LandIsLife #NoDatacentersOnFarms #NoAI
#AISucks #NoWaterForAI
#NoNukesForAI #SendTechBrosToMars #NoMoreDatacenters #WaterIsLife #USPol -
#Arizona city unanimously rejects #AI #DataCenter after residents' outcry
Story by Alex Nitzberg, 12/12/2025
"The #ChandlerAZ, city council voted unanimously Thursday against clearing the way for construction of an AI data center.
"Cheers and applause erupted after the unanimous vote outcome was announced.
"Ahead of the vote, multiple people delivered remarks to register their opposition to the prospect of allowing the construction of the center, and some in the audience held signs opposing the proposed project.
"Some people held up signs that read, 'NO MORE DATACENTERS.'
"Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema had been lobbying in favor of the proposed project.
"During an Oct. 15 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, she spoke out in support of allowing the project to proceed, noting she was there on behalf of Active Infrastructure and that she is co-chair of the #AIInfrastructureCoalition.
"#ActiveInfrastructure is the developer that had been pushing for the project.
" 'Chandler right now has the opportunity to determine how and when these new, innovative AI data enters will be built. When federal preemption comes, we'll no longer have that privilege,' Sinema warned.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1 at that October meeting in favor of recommending approval of rezoning for the project."
#NoMoreDatacenters #WaterIsLife #Arizona #USPol #NoWaterForAI
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No more data centers: Ohio township pushes back against influx of Amazon, others
#HackerNews #NoMoreDataCenters #OhioTownship #Amazon #Influx #TechPolicy #CommunityResponse
