Data Centers

Urged the council to prohibit data centers in Flagstaff, warning about high resource consumption, environmental harm, and ethical concerns.

Stressed that data centers bring heavy water and energy demands, and asked the council to ensure robust public review and rezoning oversight.

Expressed concern over water, noise, and power impacts, urging caution despite mitigating factors in Proposal 1.

Strongly opposed data centers, criticizing the tech industry and arguing that the city should forbid them entirely to protect water and land.

Recommended strict conditional use permits and enforceable efficiency standards for power and water usage if data centers are permitted.

Spoke on behalf of Friends of Flagstaff's Future, commending staff for minimizing water use requirements but expressing concern over vague renewable energy language.

Spoke representing Friends of the Rio de Flag in favor of Proposal 2 to ban data centers, emphasizing arid high-desert constraints.

Expressed gratitude for commission scrutiny and spoke in favor of Proposal 2, emphasizing that data centers drain energy and resources without bringing good jobs.

Expressed concern about legal preemption and urged the city to create strict rules or prohibitions against data centers to protect local resources like water.

Highlighted the massive daily water consumption of AI data centers and questioned the wisdom of accommodating facilities that drain local resources.

Read an email urging a moratorium on AI data center construction to protect working people from tech oligarchs and resource depletion.

Questioned whether the city can legally say no to data centers now and argued that draining local resources for tech billionaires does not serve Flagstaff residents.

Raised concerns about infrasound vibrations potentially triggering local fault lines and damaging buried gas lines.