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The country icon is concerned that the water and energy-swallowing centers are an existential threat to his hometown of Abbott, Texas.
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The country icon is concerned that the water and energy-swallowing centers are an existential threat to his hometown of Abbott, Texas.
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“The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center, anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter).”
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AIPROPX has consolidated 2 reports from 2 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Willie Nelson Lashes Out at AI Data Center Construction in Texas: ‘Loud, Water-Thieving, Light Polluting.” Every covered outlet is based in Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from Pitchfork (Jul 28, 2026, 21:45 UTC); the most recent came from Billboard (Jul 29, 2026, 12:37 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “loud water thieving light polluting”.
3 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
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AIPROPX — “Willie Nelson Lashes Out at AI Data Center Construction in Texas: ‘Loud, Water-Thieving, Light Polluting” · https://www.aipropx.com/story/dbe32b9ff651cf42b20f7ff136c5a56d
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