The Data Center Moratorium Passed!
What is a Data Center?
A “data center” is an enormous set of buildings, larger than a hundred houses, filled with tens of thousands of supercomputers running day and night. It is deafeningly loud, consumes enormous amounts of electricity, and typically requires millions of gallons of water for cooling. A data center requires little human oversight, and creates almost no jobs. Data centers are exploiting power sources worldwide in a rush to create Artificial Intelligence (AI). Small towns across the U.S. are organizing protests and banning data centers.
Who wants to build it?
We believe it is either Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft or Apple, but DTE and local officials refuse to tell us which, citing a non-disclosure agreement they signed.
Why haven't I heard about this?
Certain township officials and DTE have worked behind closed doors to give a green light to this project, without community oversight, input, or approval.
What can we do?
China Township Trustee Dan Turke has called for a moratorium to prevent any company from building a data center here until the community is informed and agrees to it. We need to support him. We must learn from the mistakes of other communities that have seen their way of life destroyed by data centers.
Downsides to a data center:
- Excessive noise of 90+ decibels — volume level of a chainsaw
- Reduced quality of life due to noise; impact on children and the elderly
- Brownouts and electric rate hikes
- Massive heat, dying plants, melting snow and adverse impact on wildlife
- Literal tons of toxic computer e-waste going to our landfill
- Power lines and sewer lines will be cut through neighboring land
- Lowered property values
- If we allow one data center, others will try to build here
- Our community’s resources will be used to create dangerous A.I.
- Vastly increased carbon emissions contributing to climate change and weather disasters
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City Of Saint Clair, Michigan
Speaking at the 26 mile expansion Town Hall! Thank you Libby for your support in putting a stop to this project.
Bless St. Clair
Mobilize prayer for the good of our community.
Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down
The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances, is that literally everyone on Earth will die. As in “that is the obvious thing that would happen.”
Isaiah 13:2-3
Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty. I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.