COMMUNITIES MUST UNDERSTAND THAT DATA CENTERS MAY NOT BENEFIT THEM AND THE INDUSTRY CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO MITIGATE THE HARMS THAT DC INFLICT UPON THEM. THE HARMS INCLUDE EXCESSIVE USE OF ENERGY FROM THE ELECTRIC GRID, DRIVING UP COSTS FOR EVERYONE ELSE, EXCESSIVE USE OF WATER RESOURSES, AGAIN DRIVING UP COSTS FOR ALL. POLLUTION FROM THE INSTALLATION OF POWER PLANTS, EXCESS NOISE FROM THE POWER PLANTS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSONS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. WE NEED SCRUTINY, REGULATIONS AND A PUBLIC ADVOCATE. WHAT’S GOOD FOR META MAY NOT BE WHAT’S GOOD FOR AMERICA. AS DC’s ARE NOT POPULAR ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, THERE MUST BE REGULATIONS ENACTED GOVERNING THEIR USE TO LESSEN THE IMPACT. THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE RESOURCES SUCH AS LAND, WATER, ELECTRICITY AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. IT NOW APPEARS THAT DC DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING THERE OWN NOISY, GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND BACK-UP DIESEL GENERATORS, SPEWING POLLUTANTS. HOWEVER, IF DEVELOPERS CAN PUT MEASURES IN PLACE TO MEDIATE OR ASUGGUAGE LOCAL GOVERMENTS AND COMMUNITIES, THE ADDED JOBS WOULD BE A PLUS FOR LOCAL ECOMOMIES