Aside from electricity cost concerns, many people are also looking at data centers’ impact on air pollution, especially off-grid sites that run their own power, as well as their potential for abuse of water resources . Citizens are also complaining about noise pollution around these sites, with some even bringing up inaudible but “felt” infrasound, which allegedly causes adverse health effects. Unless data center developers address these issues head-on and prove that they will have a limited negative impact on the community, we can only expect public sentiment to continue going against these projects.
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Gururu Not even sure it matters anymore. We had a bunch of 5G towers put up in our neighborhood and no one even bothered asking. Try changing the color of my fence and the HoA sends cease and desist. Reply
coolitic Tbf, the reflexive opposition to nuclear-power is and has been entirely baseless and w/o merit. Reply
Devoteicon Gururu said: Not even sure it matters anymore. We had a bunch of 5G towers put up in our neighborhood and no one even bothered asking. Try changing the color of my fence and the HoA sends cease and desist. Surprised they even let you have a fence. Reply
PEnns coolitic said: Tbf, the reflexive opposition to nuclear-power is and has been entirely baseless and w/o merit. Totally. I mean, used radio active material (with a half life of 30 million years left) buried near my water supply?? Bring it on!! Reply
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