AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Willie Nelson, 93, rallies rural Texas against AI data centers threatening farmland near his hometown
Country music icon Willie Nelson is urging Texans to resist the spread of AI data centers into rural communities, warning that the massive facilities threaten farmland, water supplies, and the way of life in small towns like his hometown of Abbott, Texas. Nelson posted a pointed message on Facebook and Instagram this week, calling on […] The post Willie Nelson, 93, rallies rural Texas against AI data centers threatening farmland near his hometown appeared first on American Almanac .
Country music icon Willie Nelson is urging Texans to resist the spread of AI data centers into rural communities, warning that the massive facilities threaten farmland, water supplies, and the way of life in small towns like his hometown of Abbott, Texas. Nelson posted a pointed message on Facebook and Instagram this week, calling on Americans to "fight against data centers invading our land." The 93-year-old, who still owns property and farmed land in Abbott, a Hill County town of just 352 people spread across six-tenths of a square mile, said the facilities have no place near small communities that depend on open land and local agriculture. The statement lands amid a growing backlash across Texas, where roughly 250 data centers have…Open