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Kelly from Southland, New Zealand
Kelly is from Southland, New Zealand. It is a small farming town, but they are fighting two large data centers and a silicon smelter. Kelly says her area has a lot of rivers and fishing and seafood. So, she says, the environment is very important to them. The residents found out…
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Angelita from Hobart, Indiana
‘Light industrial project’ Angelita and her family moved to Hobart a little over three years ago to a newly built house. Then, they found out that a large data center facility was going to be built right across the street from her home. Originally, it was proposed as a six building…
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Torin from Vancouver, Canada
After Torin found out two large data centers were coming to Vancouver, Canada, he decided to organized a protest. After less than two weeks, 750 people showed up at the protest. In this interview, we talked with Torin about why he decided to organize the protest, and how he did it.…
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Aurora from Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
Tu Nube Seca Mi Río (Your Cloud Dries Up My River) is a group that organizes against data centers in Spain. We spoke to Aurora. She is a psychologist and has worked as a developer of open-source software. The group started three years ago, after they realized that a data center…