It is not an EMERGENCY if power companies and local governments have permitted data centers to locate where the grid has insufficient capacity.. A lack of planning and investment by power suppliers is not a defensible reason to degrade citizens’ air quality.

No one has forced data centers to locate here  If data centers are concerned regarding the availability of electricity for their operations, they should protect their business interests and locate where power is abundant and uninterrupted.   

Further, DEQ currently allows data centers to use filthy Tier 2 generators until they no longer work  So we are not just talking about harmful noise, we’re talking about diesel particulate which leads to cancers, cardiac and pulmonary diseases as documented by Harvard’s School of Public Health.  

Citizens are supposed to sacrifice our health so data centers and power companies can be profitable? I think not!  DEQ exists  to protect our clean  air and water  

Please,do your job  

Thank you for your attention to this grave matter of public concern