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Random Nature · August 11 · 10 min

Tech Needs Limits: The Great Dismal Swamp Needs You!

Bonus episode that discusses a massive, power hungry data center that will destroy critical wildlife habitat and public health combined in the Great Dismal Swamp. Please note my cat is loud toward the end, sorry. He hates data centers too. link:https://www.facebook.com/jeff.staples.33/posts/so-there-will-be-data-centers-in-chesapeake-the-ft-williams-farm-was-sold-in-its/10245555699053073/ Article on the health and environmental risks of data centers: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2026.1648912/full Nature Conservancy Resilient Land Mapping Tool https://www.maps.tnc.org/resilientland/ Social Vulnerability Index https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health/php/svi/index.html

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Bonus episode that discusses a massive, power hungry data center that will destroy critical wildlife habitat and public health combined in the Great Dismal Swamp.

Please note my cat is loud toward the end, sorry. He hates data centers too.

link:https://www.facebook.com/jeff.staples.33/posts/so-there-will-be-data-centers-in-chesapeake-the-ft-williams-farm-was-sold-in-its/10245555699053073/

Article on the health and environmental risks of data centers:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2026.1648912/full

Nature Conservancy Resilient Land Mapping Tool

https://www.maps.tnc.org/resilientland/

Social Vulnerability Index

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health/php/svi/index.html

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