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From our inbox an important message from Chris Jones –
Iowa is already experiencing a major water quality and serious public health emergency.
Now, trillion-dollar tech companies want to build massive AI data centers across our state that will consume enormous amounts of electricity, billions of gallons of water, and thousands of acres of farmland — all while receiving taxpayer subsidies and corporate tax breaks. Enough is enough.
Iowa is in crisis — adding new data centers without legal protections will only make this crisis worse.
Data centers have proven to be environmental and public health disasters across the country, while also driving a major spike in energy prices for local residents, with little or no concern about these impacts from the Silicon Valley billionaires who benefit at our expense.
Serious Concerns — The Explosion of New Data Centers Across Iowa
Iowa’s data center footprint is exploding!
According to Iowa Public Radio, Iowa already has 65 major data centers in operation, with another 25 massive data centers in the planning stages across the state.
Iowans face rising cancer rates, and our state’s water quality is among the most polluted in the nation due to industrial agricultural runoff — with many communities struggling with dangerous nitrate contamination in their drinking water.
Our state is already crowded with over 10,000 factory farms and 41 ethanol plants, which have placed a massive burden on our water quality, creating over 7,000 contaminated private wells in rural counties. We can’t afford to become Silicon Valley’s new dumping ground for AI data centers that will only add to this burden.
Communities are fighting back.
In communities across the state, everyday Iowans are organizing to protect their basic rights and environment in the face of this new growing threat. Every day Iowans are standing up.
From Cedar Rapids and Dubuque to Mason City and Dickinson County, residents across the state are being forced to fight to protect their communities from unwanted data centers being pushed into their backyards without meaningful input or consent.
These are not distant or abstract threats. People are showing up at local zoning meetings, school board halls, and county supervisors’ offices — demanding answers about water use, noise, energy costs, and the long-term impact on their land and way of life. Their courage is why we need statewide action now.
Add your voice TODAY — Sign this petition — Stand with Iowa’s land, water, and people!
Add your name today and share with your friends to show our state’s elected officials that data centers need public approval to make sure that clean water, environmental, and economic policies must be based on science and public health, not political convenience.
Sincerely,
Team Jones
Blog For Iowa 