They approved a big plant here in Morgan County Indiana just a couple of weeks ago and it was a huge fight against it but the county counsel finally gave the stamp to allow it to proceed.
Most of the opposition was coordinated by out-of-state protesters who coached everyone exactly what to protest about and every single negative possibility that could arise if it went through.
I guess the biggest concern is the cooling towers and the huge amount of water used in keeping them cool, but everything from noise, magnetic radiation, loss of farmland, road usage, power lines, were equally touted.
I look at it this way, they do know what they’re doing and putting in a billion + dollar facility they of course did their homework on the site feasibility before asking to proceed. I agree completely that absolutely anywhere they choose will be met with resistance, but to these professional naysayers it’s just on to the next site to scare the living hell out of them now that this one got approved.
You might remember Marble Hill. I worked salvage after that debacle shut down and learned then and there that assuming the "powers that be" have done their homework is naive.
Do these data centers HAVE to be near population areas...could they not all be in remote areas near rivers? Just a dummy asking here