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'I can't drink the water.' - life next to a US data centre


Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.

When Beverly Morris retired in 2016, she thought she had found her dream home - a peaceful stretch of rural Georgia, surrounded by trees and quiet. The US boom is being challenged by a rise in local activism - with $64bn (£47bn) in projects delayed or blocked nationwide, according to a report from pressure group Data Center Watch. President Donald Trump recently vowed to build the largest AI infrastructure project in history, calling it "a future powered by American data".

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