11-year-old Virginia boy earns standing ovation after data center speech
An 11-year-old boy received a standing ovation at a Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors meeting in Virginia after eloquently speaking against Project Sky, a massive Google data center campus. He raised concerns about the project's extensive water usage and noise pollution.
An 11-year-old boy, Crew McEldry, garnered a standing ovation at a Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors meeting in Virginia for his eloquent speech opposing a major data center development. The meeting focused on Project Sky, a planned Google data center campus.
McEldry voiced significant concerns about the project's environmental impact, highlighting that the 880-acre campus would be larger than Busch Gardens and King's Dominion combined. He specifically criticized the enormous water consumption of such facilities, noting that a Google facility in "Batata County" is permitted to use 2 million gallons of water daily, which he argued contradicts water conservation efforts. He also condemned the "undeniable and unforgivable" noise pollution generated by data centers, urging the supervisors to "stand up and say no" and "listen to your people and leave no trace."