Communities all over the world are organizing against data centers Saline Township denies data center rezoning request: ‘Self-imposed environmental catastrophe’ Saline Township officials reject rezoning plan for a data center on 575 acres of farmland. Residents voiced fears over water use, pollution, and energy demands

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Saline Township denies data center rezoning request: 'Self-imposed environmental catastrophe'

Saline Township board votes against rezoning for data center, highlighting concerns about water, energy, and farmland impact.

Google announced in September 2020 that it would achieve "Net Zero," where net carbon emissions are reduced to zero, by 2030. Approximately five years later, in July of this year, Google removed references to its "Net Zero" goal from its sustainability webpage. The name of the "Sustainable Operations" page was also changed to "Our Operations," and the "Carbon Net Zero" section was completely removed.

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Google removes net zero goal as AI power use rivals Denmark's

Google removes net zero goal as AI power use rivals Denmarks Companys energy consumption surges 27% amid AI-driven challenges to climate targets

They're secretly selling our water for next to nothing to Big Tech "Newly released records describe how county staff devoted near around-the-clock attention to cater to Google’s needs over a year and a half. Internally, officials used the codename “Project Raspberry” to discuss the development. Behind closed doors, they provided Google with designs for projected water and energy usage that have not been made public."

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Water Authority Prepares Key Vote on Potential Data Center, After Botetourt Spent Months Wooing 'Project Raspberry'

Google will pay for water hookups if it builds a data center. Newly released records show how county staff spent months catering to the tech giant'...

This sort of stuff is happening all over the world.

All over the world, they are coming for the last of the Indigenous. These new imperialists and colonialists now often call themselves the "Greens" here to wipe out the Indigenous in order to "save the environment". Isolated tribes under threat as Peru votes down Yavarí Mirim Indigenous Reserve

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Isolated tribes under threat as Peru votes down Yavarí Mirim Indigenous Reserve

Officials in Peru last week voted against a proposal to create an Indigenous reserve in the country’s Amazonian region, where isolated tribes fac...

AI Isn't Free. The First Costs Are On Your Bill, And More Are Coming Columbus, Ohio: standard utility plans saw increases of about 20 dollars a month New Jersey, Pennsylvania: bills jumped by ten to 27 dollars a month. Oregon: last year, utilities warned regulators that consumers needed protection from rate hikes caused by data centers. Mid-Atlantic: regulators cited data centers as one of the main reasons for projected 20 percent increases in electricity costs

AI Isn't Free. The First Costs Are On Your Bill, And More Are Coming... | ZeroHedge

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Google 'our AI just drinks teeny weeny sips of water' quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry, water-guzzling AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis Google, Google, Google Google senior executives super enthusiastic to endorse Trump admin's claim that coal is super clean. Google. Google. Google. Don't be evil, Google.

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Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis

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We can't stop AI. Gotta learn to live with it. Can't stop CO2 rising. Gotta live with it. Can't stop plastic pollution. Gotta live with it. Can't stop forever chemicals. Gotta live with them. Can't stop freshwater loss. Gotta live with it. Can't stop soil erosion. Gotta live with it. Can't stop nitrogen, phosphorous overload. Gotta live with it. Can't stop ocean acidification. Gotta live with it. Can't stop biodiversity collapse. Gotta live with it. So many genies out of the bottle.