Willie Nelson urges people to ‘fight against data centres invading our land’ – National
Country music legend Willie Nelson is speaking out against building artificial intelligence (AI) data centres across the United States.
In a statement shared to X on Tuesday, Nelson, 93, spoke about growing up in Abbott, Texas, and urged the community to “fight against data centers invading our land.”“I grew up in Abbott, and I still have a home there with farmed land where I can still see stars at night,” Nelson wrote. “The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter).”
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