Google Data Centre Sparks Protests in Austria
The 50-hectare site could use 1.31 terawatt-hours of electricity a year, while critics question water use and transparency.
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More than 400 people in the Austrian city of Lintis protested the plans of Google to establish a data centre in Kronstrov town on an area of about 50 hectares, amid concerns about its environmental and societal repercussions.
ABOUT 400 people protested in Austria against the construction of Google's data center, concerned about the project's enormous water and energy consumption and lack of transparency.
US tech giant Google is building a data center in the Austrian town of Kronstorf, promising investment, jobs and a place on the digital map, but local residents are not happy about it.
Google data centre sparks protests in Austria
"I believe we need a rethink when it comes to this endless growth and expansion," protest organiser Christina Gruber told AFP as around 400 people gathered outside the headquarters of the regional government in Linz. Gruber, a 38-year-old freelance artist and aquatic ecologist who lives in Amstetten, close to Kronstorf in Upper Austria province, is concerned about the effects of AI on climate change and the amount of water used to cool data cent…
In the Austrian town of Kronstorf, hundreds of people protested against the planned construction of a Google data center.
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