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Residents urge moratorium on data centers, warning of pollution, noise and infrastructure costs
Summary
Multiple residents told the Kenosha Common Council on Feb. 18 that proposed data centers could harm local air and water quality, drive up utility costs, and bring noise and infrastructure burdens; speakers urged a moratorium and stronger local policy safeguards.
Nicholas Prorock, a Kenosha resident, told the Common Council that data centers risk repeating the environmental harms of past industrial polluters and urged the council to ‘pass a moratorium’ until safety can be guaranteed. He warned of air and groundwater contamination and compared the long-term impacts to historic smelter pollution.
Kevin Rano, who said he lives less than a mile from a Microsoft data center under construction in Mount Pleasant, described operational…
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