Green colonialism -- coming for the last of poor people's water
"Google planned to use 7.6 million liters of water daily to cool its servers—in a city that hasn’t had enough water in 15 years. Following local outrage and legal challenges, a Chilean environmental court has partially reversed a permit that allowed Google to build a data center in the country, asking the US company to take climate change into account."
https://www.cpreview.org/articles/2026/10/z9rbp0sceonjng4gneaeilj6tgv8z7
Gerry McGovern
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2026-10-25 10:29:53 UTC
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