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YouTube is loaded with investigative reporting on the graft behind big data

Monstrous sized data centers. What happens most of the time, city and/or county officials are made promises that the developers never intend to keep. Land is assembled by front men a most have no idea which of the megacorps will own and operate. Local politicians and planners are so hungry for growth they accept job creation and incremental tax base contribution estimates with no outside consultancy and little to no public disclosure. Small towns especially in poor areas simply railroad the projects through and ignore citizen input. A vast number of these mega enters are grouped in desert areas which are already under great stress regarding fresh water rationing. Several incidents of center owners sinking massive wells into the aquifer pulling millions of gallons of clean water monthly with no oversight or approval. We are living in the Wild West concerning the great data center rush. Americans are waking up thanks to alternative news coverage but it’s too late for Northern Virginia, Colorado River Basin, West Memphis, the new town of Columbus Ohio and on and on.
Posted: 06/11/2026 at 11:10 PM ET
(In response to this post by MP4VT2004)

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Our county just passed 'No Data Centers' legislation - first in the state
Baltimore Hokie 06/11/26 02:30 PM ET
Seems like there's a new one going up every day here in the Haymarket and
Brown Water 06/11/26 05:15 PM ET
They are an evil no one wants in their backyard and opposition is fierce.
GSOHokie01 06/11/26 04:13 PM ET
A smarter idea is to regulate them to meet your needs. They are going to
UTPr0sim 06/11/26 02:59 PM ET
Manage it, yes. Throwing away $ and infrastructure **
ColoVT82 06/11/26 03:42 PM ET
The opposition is fierce
Baltimore Hokie 06/11/26 03:09 PM ET
Localities will always have the final say in approving development.
MP4VT2004 06/11/26 03:40 PM ET
Nope Congress prohibited local interference with the rollout of the 5G
tallahasseehokie 06/11/26 07:58 PM ET
placing a transmitter on an existing structure or
RTFC 06/11/26 11:22 PM ET
But that differs from a data center, correct?
MP4VT2004 06/11/26 08:12 PM ET
YouTube is loaded with investigative reporting on the graft behind big data
tallahasseehokie 06/11/26 11:10 PM ET
I don't disagree at all.
MP4VT2004 06/11/26 11:22 PM ET