NewzDonald Trump has claimed that China is driving local opposition to the construction of data centres in the United States. However, residents living near these facilities dispute this assertion, pointing to direct, everyday disruptions caused by the infrastructure.
In Sterling, northern Virginia, local resident Lindsay Shaw experiences constant hums and blazing security lights from an industrial data centre situated across from her home, issues that have consumed years of her life. These local grievances highlight a stark contrast between high-level geopolitical claims and the ground-level environmental impacts experienced by communities neighboring the massive computing facilities.
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