Moradores da Pensilvânia protestam contra expansão de data centers em audiência pública

Residentes lotaram uma reunião virtual para expressar forte oposição à rápida expansão de data centers na Pensilvânia. Os participantes culparam os projetos pelo aumento nos custos de energia, pelo alto consumo de água e por problemas de ruído, além de criticarem o governador Josh Shapiro por apoiar o setor.

Mais de 20 pessoas se manifestaram durante o fórum de duas horas realizado na noite de quarta-feira, que contou com cerca de 225 espectadores. Os participantes destacaram preocupações sobre a transparência e a falta de participação pública em empreendimentos que, segundo eles, industrializam áreas rurais sem as devidas garantias.

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