a) This is fantastic
b) We gotta be careful that this doesn't become a NIMBY thing wherein everybody's fine with someone else's* water, land, electricity, health getting fried --
we need NO DATA CENTERS FOR ANYONE to be the rallying cry
*the same 'someone else' it always is! 👀
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Local communities are starting to vote against data centers. The more they know, the less they support them.
This is an issue that can motivate rural voters. They want to protect their land, electricity, and water.
While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban