Let's Stop It
"The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints," the musician wrote. "It comes from generations of people, open spaces, local businesses, and a connection to the land"
Willie Nelson is speaking up against the ongoing construction of data centers across the United States. The musician released a statement on social media condemning the “loud, water thieving, light polluting” hubs that are “invading our land.”
Nelson wrote that he hails from the Texas town of Abbott and he still has “home there with farmed land where I can still see stars at night. And now our community, like many others, needs to fight against data centers invading our land.”
“The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter),” he continued. “The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints. It comes from generations of people, open spaces, local businesses, and a connection to the land. All of America deserves thoughtful stewardship that doesn’t steal farmland (where our essential shared-food is grown) and small family farmers’ livelihoods, and not data centers that only destroy the environment around them.”
