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Batam Residents Blockade Data Center Over Water Use
Original: Batam Residents Blockade Data Center Over Data Centers Draining Their Water
Residents of Batam, Indonesia have blockaded a data center, accusing the facility of draining local water supplies needed by the community. The protest highlights growing local backlash against data center operations in the region, where water-intensive cooling systems are increasingly seen as competing with residents' access to water.
Why now: Data centers' heavy water and resource consumption is a rising flashpoint between local communities and tech infrastructure projects worldwide
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