Willie Nelson shares call for communities to “fight” against data centres

Willie Nelson has spoken out against data centres, and called for people to come together and “fight” against the server warehouses. READ MORE: Willie Nelson – ‘The Willie Nelson Family’ review: a tender passing of the torch The country star is a long time environmental activist and one of the founders of Farm Aid – which has worked for over 40 years to support local farms and prevent large-scale factory farms from taking over from family-owned land. Yesterday (Tuesday July 28), he shared an open letter on social media, calling out environmentally destructive data centres across the US and highlighting the harsh impact that they have on both the environment and on local businesses. “I grew up in Abbott, and I still have a home there with farmed land where I can still see stars at night,” his post began. “And now our community, like many others, needs to fight against data centres invading our land.” He went on to accuse the warehouses of being “loud”, “water-thieving” and “light polluting”, and said that “the last thing we need” is for them to be “anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter)”. To whom it may concern and to everyone else as well, pic.twitter.com/GQxuxUj3ie...