US residents angry at datacenters 'being shoved down our throats' are recalling officials

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Source: The Guardian

Fri 3 Jul 2026 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Fri 3 Jul 2026 07.01 EDT


Lenoxdatacenter.com went live in May, promoting what it called a “proposed advanced technology and data center campus” in Michigan. The site did not state who wanted to build the center. Lenox Township officials denied anyone had applied to build one.

Emails obtained by residents through an open records request showed, however, that developers had contacted the township supervisor and deputy supervisor asking for their support to build a datacenter.

The perceived secrecy surrounding the proposed datacenter prompted residents to pack public meetings that sometimes lasted more than four hours. They expressed outrage at officials in the Republican-led rural municipality 40 miles (64km) north of Detroit and submitted a petition seeking to recall four members of the Lenox board of trustees, which oversees township administration, zoning and municipal ordinances.

“The community still has questions that aren’t being answered and the public deserves to have transparency,” a resident said at a June board meeting after the trustees did not extend a four-month moratorium on datacenter development. Like Lenox residents, people across the United States are increasingly pushing for moratoriums on new datacenters and trying to oust elected officials approving such projects.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/03/datacenter-recall-elections

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Just one more example of shared misery in the Trump era

Shared misery will unite the majority of the people this November.

[Cheezoholic]

2. Watch out, these tech Tycoons think they're being smart. They're now calling these monstrosities "Data Barns"

I believe the intent is to subconsciously associate them with real barns on farms. I know people where I live, and trust me its
MAGA 2-1, are openly saying they'd rather have solar and wind farms around than these things. This in an area where "Say no to Solar/Wind Farm" signs are more prevalent than real barns in areas out in the stix.

I also believe we need to bring back the word Tycoon when describing these treasonous pricks.

[popsdenver]

7. OR

SERVER FARMS......

[I_UndergroundPanther]

11. We need to put billionaires in thier place

Make them live on SS and public assistance. nothing else seize thier assets to pay off the generations of pollution theft harm deaths and mindfuckery. Shut off the right wing infotainment. Expose the deliberate brainwashing and ugly agenda

[snot]

3. There's always a risk of double-dealing by local officials;

especially where data center backers are trying to push projects through quickly and/or under the radar.

I know of one community in which one of the key officials was selling to the project backers much of the land for the project, and was getting a very pretty price for it.

[erronis]

4. This is an situation that is ripe for bribes and opaque deals.

Small-town officials offered a nice off-the-books payment to push through/authorize a deal. And then decide it would be a good time to find a retirement home in some other state.

[popsdenver]

8. Yes!!!!!!!!!

Do you know the only difference between a streetwalker prostitute walking the street and a male or female Republican Politician?
There are some things, the crackwhore won't do FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY......

[SamuelAdams]

5. This is a perfect political issue for Democrats.

It is being done by the oligarchs to further enrich the oligarchs. The data centers will use power and water, making those resources more scarce for residents. They are training AI to take jobs away from the residents. The ordinary citizens are footing the bill for these centers because Republicans are giving the owners massive tax giveaways.

[Karasu]

6. Especially since the GQP are the ones refusing to regulate this shit.

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Every Dem should be repeating that, because it's the truth.

[BattleRow]

10. Do you really want to be volunteer victims?

This is the question that should be asked .

[calimary]

9. I hope Dems jump on this and go all out!

These data centers are a menace to the rest of us, and will suck up a lot of our money. How soon can we GET RID of them ALL?

[dlk]

12. Like the thieves in the night that they are

The light of day is their enemy.