The opposition to data centers often cites as evidence a book that erroneously skewed data by a factor of 1,000 because the author misread and misreported study of a single old data center in Chile.
Opposition constantly cites fake info on water usage, because they are unable to distinguish between water that has been diverted water and consumed water, and claim that diverted water- which is returned unharmed to its source - is the same thing as losing the water. That’s either ignorance or pure scare tactics.
The water usage can be debated but The pollution and infrasound effect on humans and animals is not debatable. These data centers are making humans and animals sick and this is just the beginning of these monstrosity’s. A whole lot of people are doing studies now on the true effects of everything data centers do to their surrounding neighbors. We will know so much more in the coming years.
THE “DIVERTED WATER USED BY DATA CENTERS IS GETTING CHEMICALS ADDED TO KEEP THEIR PIPES FROM FAILING. THEN THAT CHEMICALLY TREATED WATER IS EXPECTED TO BE PUT “BACK INTO OUR AQUIFER”.
DOESN’T SOUND GOOD TO ME.