Posted on 07.14.25

‘I can’t drink the water’ – life next to a US data centre

Source: https://www.bbc.com/, July 10, 2025
By: Michelle Fleury & Nathalie Jimenez

When Beverly Morris retired in 2016, she thought she had found her dream home – a peaceful stretch of rural Georgia, surrounded by trees and quiet.

Today, it’s anything but.

Just 400 yards (366m) from her front porch in Mansfield, Georgia, sits a large, windowless building filled with servers, cables, and blinking lights. Read more.

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