42 Comments
User's avatar
Twana's avatar

Those data centers shouldn't be allowed so close to people either. The constant humming noise and vibration can really affect their health. So sad what they are doing to them there, I hope they can fight it and win.

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

What is the humming specifically coming from?

Expand full comment
Twana's avatar

That I don't know. I had watched a yt video where people lived pretty close. You could hear it inside people's homes. They said they could feel the vibration. I remember one man said it was driving him crazy.

Expand full comment
Kim's avatar

I live in eastern Tennessee. I have a spring, a large creek and a small feeder branch that all unite on my property. This past year, the large creek has gone WAY down in volume - but the spring and feeder branch flow the same as they always have. I’ve seen articles about creek levels being low - but then both the spring and feeder branch should be equally - or more affected, and they are not. Something seems fishy.

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

Go find the data center.

Expand full comment
SH's avatar

Look and see what has changed upstream.

Expand full comment
Kim's avatar

I’ve been trying to do that but not all parts are visible. But it’s not all that long a distance so I’ll keep trying.

Expand full comment
SH's avatar
Aug 21Edited

AZ is a both a drought-stricken STATE and mostly full of dark sky areas. Tucson City downed the idea of a data center in East Tucson. So the data center got an area between Phoenix & Tucson approved. All of Southern AZ gets water from the CO River, which is way down; now the data center will drain some of that water before it gets to Tucson. And from what I've seen, they are terribly bright. Plus, power bills are already high here from needing A/C most of the year due to extreme heat. Those computers are going to generate high heat on their own. What idiot decided to plonk one down in the dang desert?!!

I personally don't like the idea of these data centers period; but WHY do they need to place these centers in drought stricken areas or farm land, at all??

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

It is way past time for desalination plants to go in on the west coast and keep Lake Powell and Lake Mead full via underground pipelines, funded by those using the water, without large quantity discounts.

Expand full comment
hugh wilson's avatar

No data centers unless sufficient water is present. Electricity use will be in two tiers. One for homeowners and one price for centers to be paid for by owners of said centers.

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

Everyone should pay the same per kilowatt hour instead of the consumers subsidizing the large industrial users

Expand full comment
Jeff C Smith's avatar

They are preparing to control the food supply to all Americans by owning our farms! They will then try to starve families by asking for thier guns, if families don't comply, no food for the family!

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

Give them your guns bullets first.

Expand full comment
Brian Heinz's avatar

Bullets first and guns you throw at them when out of ammo and then break out the crossbows and long bows funny up close a lot of arrows go through body armor depending on what they are wearing.

Expand full comment
Barbara Charis's avatar

Crime flourished in our capital, Washington, D.C., but crooked, taxpayer-paid city officials concealed it, so as not to call attention to their incompetency. The dishonest officials need to be fired and penalized for hiding the truth.

Expand full comment
Brian Heinz's avatar

We will have rolling brown outs because of all these data centers because of all the power they need to run. The massive amount of power for one center is as much as a whole city uses, and I don't see them building any more power centers near these plants for data base. When the time comes who do you think they will give the power to? We will be the ones who suffer the outages.

Expand full comment
Diana LaRussa's avatar

N Louisiana just got approval for a huge power plant RUSHED through the commission without citizen representation. We the people have LOST ALL POWER TO GIVE OUR INPUT on any plans that BIG MONEY wants to impliment. Usually plans are okeyd QUICKER than anything was ever approved before trump changed the game plans.

Expand full comment
John Jones's avatar

A giant google data center is going in, in Franklin County Indiana. Almost 500 acres, residents are fighting it but aren't having much luck. Google will get a tax break for years and only create about 100 jobs.

Expand full comment
DRUMCHICK's avatar

i live in Australia, and miss Maria reporting on the goings-on in Oz. There is no one like her!! I miss Maria ZZz :)

Expand full comment
bonnye's avatar

Sounds like great news because people stood up and spoke!!

"A major proposed data center project in St. Charles, Missouri, has been withdrawn by its developer, CRG Cumulus LLC, following intense public opposition. The project, known as "Project Cumulus," was planned for a 440-acre site near Highway 370 and Harry S Truman Boulevard, with a proposed capacity of 1.5 million square feet.

The developer announced the withdrawal on August 19, 2025, just before a scheduled city council vote, citing the need to incorporate community feedback and prepare a revised proposal..."

Expand full comment
Midge Mudd's avatar

I’m not surprised sad state of affairs!!

Expand full comment
DJL's avatar

Unplug the freakin’ data centers.

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

Since data centers are already prodigious consumers of electricity, why can't they use HVAC like any other large scale air conditioning user?

Expand full comment
C R's avatar

This reeks of that goddamn petulant pervert bill gates and all his billionaire global buddies! I would love to see that prick as the poster boy for: WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE!!!

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

How do you think that the 2,378 residents of Kemmerer, Wyoming like having a nuclear power plant being thrust upon them?

Expand full comment
Kevin Beck's avatar

There is a simple explanation about the crime statistics in Washington, DC, and why the former US Attorney was reporting crime was down 25%. Martin was presented with the falsified statistics, and didn't know the extent of the falsification.

Expand full comment
Jeanne ONeill's avatar

No excuse!

Expand full comment
Vonu's avatar

Reasons are not excuses.

Expand full comment
Twana's avatar

Who's paying for these data centers?

https://substack.com/@obtwan3/note/c-151077843?r=2q42e3

Expand full comment