Communities Revolt Against Data Centers; Companies Implement Green Solutions
This article discusses community skepticism towards data centers, highlighting examples where developers are attempting to address local concerns. It points to Meta's water-positive facility near El Paso and Microsoft's air-cooled plant outside San Antonio as instances of companies striving to be good neighbors.
Professor Michael Webber discussed community skepticism regarding data centers in an interview with PBS News, challenging the notion that negative outcomes are inevitable with data center development. He highlighted examples of developers taking steps to mitigate community concerns.
Webber cited Meta's planned "water-positive" facility near El Paso, Texas, and Microsoft's transition to air cooling at a data center outside San Antonio, Texas, as instances where companies are making efforts to operate responsibly within their communities.