1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

The explosive build-out of hyperscale data centers is sending shrapnel through our communities. State governments have a responsibility to stand with us as we try to shield ourselves. Big Tech has made big promises about the economic impact of these facilities, and spent big money buying support for them. But these big corporations are ending up with the profits, while we pay the price. Areas near hyperscale data centers have seen increases in electricity costs as much as 267%. They’re straining our water resources, using as much as a city of 50,000 people every day. They’re worsening the climate crisis. They’re bringing more noise pollution, more light pollution, more air pollution. And all that to create one (1) job for every $13 million invested, while the companies behind them get billions in sweetheart tax breaks and set up the infrastructure tech bros claim will put massive numbers of us out of work. Yet they continue to be forced on our hometowns without consulting us and over our objections. Just because these hubs are in billionaires’ interests doesn’t mean they’re in ours. We need to put a stop to this, so we can figure out how to make it work for regular people. Please support a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers in our state ASAP.