Invånare i Pennsylvania protesterar mot boom av datacenter vid stormöte

Invånare fyllde ett virtuellt stormöte för att uttrycka starkt motstånd mot den snabba expansionen av datacenter i Pennsylvania. Talare anklagade projekten för högre elkostnader, hög vattenförbrukning och bullerproblem, samtidigt som de kritiserade guvernör Josh Shapiro för att stödja industrin.

Mer än 20 personer tog till orda under det två timmar långa forumet sent på onsdagen, som lockade omkring 225 åskådare. Deltagarna lyfte fram oro över transparens och bristen på allmänt inflytande gällande utvecklingsprojekt som de menar industrialiserar landsbygden utan tillräckliga skyddsåtgärder.

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