These Data centers are popping up all across the United States and affecting local residents water, as well as, driving up costs in electricity for residing residents.
Residents living near data centers in Missouri, Indiana, Idaho, Georgia, and Texas have claimed a dramatic decrease in quality of life due to noise/air/light and water pollution, health conditions, tax/utility increases, and increase in road traffic.
According to the BBC, residents near the data center in Mansfield, GA, cannot use their water due to resuced water pressure and debris caused by said data center. ( 'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre - BBC News https://share.google/6u6aPIKJAUmH3S9DL)

"Data centers are remaking local communities and economies around the country, most dramatically in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., but also around the West."
(Thirsty for power and water, AI-crunching data centers sprout across the West: https://andthewest.stanford.edu/2025/thirsty-for-power-and-water-ai-crunching-data-centers-sprout-across-the-west/)

Some officials downplay the role of data centers in pushing up electric bills" according to (Rising electric bills: How states are tackling Big Tech's energy demands | AP News https://share.google/IrJpUrWmWXncAUKjA)