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Editor, OBSERVER:
Are we being spoon-fed information about Big Tech’s grab at north county’s rich resources?
Artificial intelligence requires massive power for data computing. Big Tech targets abundant land and water. It prefers a community that doesn't ask inconvenient questions.
First battery storage, then data centers -- now a nuclear reactor proposed right here in Dunkirk. These things certainly appear to align with Big Tech.
Is it fair or ethical to conceal the big picture from us, in hopes of avoiding protest? Several weeks ago, Vince DeJoy, Dunkirk's Planning and Economic director, attempted to quash a question about nuclear risk, at an economic development meeting.
Now I have a question.
Have local officials signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) -- with businesses wanting to snap up agricultural or recreational land and have it re-zoned for data centers etc.? Remember that officials are charged with informing and seeking input from the community. Please admit if an error in judgment has been made and if NDAs were signed. Should something need to be fixed, we are all in this together.
The community has questions, too.
Here is one to start.
How many degrees higher will our Lake Erie temperature become, when a nuclear reactor and data centers constantly offload heat? How will this affect the walleye, our flora and fauna, our drinking water, our children?
Let’s ask the questions. And stop Big Tech now if need be. It is never too late, and we owe them nothing.
I encourage each one of us to watch this brief, absorbing video of Erin Brockovich being interviewed by The New Yorker magazine. Then let’s talk.
“Erin Brockovich Takes on Data Centers” -- https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/erin-brockovich-takes-on-data-centers#rid=7f5da0fc-fd33-4bcc-bbaa-90334c0611c3&q=erin+brockovich
PAMELA RUIS,
Fredonia