""The constant buzzing and smell of what I believe is diesel make it hard for me to even go in my backyard," said Richards, a resident of the city of Manassas, in a first-person account published by Business Insider. But hell no, she ain't leaving. "We'll continue to fight the developers as they try to build more," she said. "I will die on this hill and stay in this house.""
""The public's growing complaints even prompted Amazon executives to hide public information on how much water the company is using; in 2021, an internal memo revealed that the tech company inhaled 105 billion gallons of water, but publicly disclosed in a pro-environmental campaign that 7.76 billion gallons was used annually. Besides water, people have criticized the excessive noise and air pollution that data centers emit from their power generators.""
Residents living near clusters of data centers report persistent noise, diesel-like odors, and restricted outdoor use of property. Data centers increasingly strain local water supplies through large cooling demands, sometimes far exceeding public disclosures. Generators and added gas turbines contribute to air and noise pollution, prompting allegations of regulatory violations. Hidden or minimized reporting of resource use by companies fuels public mistrust. Communities across multiple states have raised concerns about health, environmental, and energy-cost impacts from rapid data center expansion. Local activists are resisting further construction and seeking greater transparency, oversight, and enforcement.
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