{"id":68290,"date":"2026-05-31T14:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=68290"},"modified":"2026-05-31T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:29:04","slug":"citizens-against-hyperscale-data-centers-what-big-tech-wont-tell-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/05\/31\/citizens-against-hyperscale-data-centers-what-big-tech-wont-tell-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Against Hyperscale Data Centers: What Big Tech Won&#8217;t Tell You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7a8388\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7a8388;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_uzh648uzh648uzh6-1024x572.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68300 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_uzh648uzh648uzh6-1024x572.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_uzh648uzh648uzh6-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_uzh648uzh648uzh6-768x429.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_uzh648uzh648uzh6.webp 1376w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Handbook for City Commission Meetings \u2014 by <strong>Floridian Future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2507f7\"><strong>What Big Tech Won&#8217;t Tell You<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They&#8217;ll promise jobs, innovation, and sleek buildings. Here&#8217;s what they won&#8217;t say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd0a 24\/7\/365 Operations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humming, buzzing, glowing \u2014 forever. No off switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca7 Water Consumption<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More water than a small town, while your drought restrictions tighten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u26a1 Grid Domination<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes \u2014 and you&#8217;ll pay for the new transmission lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udce1 Invisible Hazards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EMF, noise, and light pollution radiate into your neighborhood with no remedy once it&#8217;s built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f90404\">You Don&#8217;t Have to Figure It Out Alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big Tech has lawyers, lobbyists, and PR firms. 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