This is one of the issues I have raised about data centres when I spoke to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. An element that immediately affects the health of neighbors and neighboring communities is the sound and air pollution from generating electricity like we’re still in the 1950’s
Sue SturgisDuke Energy has applied to the state to operate 57 diesel generators that would temporarily power the data center until a transmission line is built. They could emit several hundred tons of pollutants and 70,000 tons of greenhouse gases in a year.