Letter: Data center is not worth the environmental trade-offs

Letter: Data center is not worth the environmental trade-offs

The Pine Island city administrator made a comment that rural towns are either growing or dying. The mindset of "you’re either growing or you’re dying" is a false dichotomy and an exploitative framework to have as a guiding principle. The growth is never enough, people’s homes and farms are only viewed as commodities, things to bulldoze for “growth.” This mindset places growth on a pedestal that can do no wrong and is used to justify any and all …