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FUN FACT: San Marcos’ mayor is a MAGA Republican.

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El Paso is going ahead with the Meta data center because they signed the contract and they can't get out of it. 🤬

Thank you San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. NOW for every city, county, and state, SAY NO to DATA CENTERS. AND if data center billionaires continue to TRY buying local state politicians still press, say HELL NO.

No Data Centers!

Bravo San Marcos!!! 👏👏👏

This is good. It's like, if we had stopped all the mortgage madness in 2007, that financial crisis would never have happened.....because data centers are that mortgage crisis waiting to happen. I'm not gonna pay for AI, & just a few institutions are going to support it. It's gonna crash anyway.

They shoved a toll road /lanes up my ass without a vote. Built one and they had to name it …G W Boosh 🤮🤮🤮

Put them in space! No need for cooling out there.

Texans get the final say btwn Talarico and Paxton. Who do you think is better for Texas?

Data centers need to be banned nationwide. We don’t need the internet!

Stand UP

Erin Brockovich is starting.. Remember what she did to PG and E?

Put them in Florida where the rich people live

The vote is only a milestone in the fight against capitalist interests. They will not stop trying to get what they want.

You tell 'em, Fighting Bobcats😼

youtube.com/watch?v=dWNN... Electric and water bills skyrocket for many people. Wells have been drying up around the data centers as the aquifer is drained. Counties/cities are approving these centers WITHOUT public input. Asthma rates go ⬆️ around them. Noise is HORRIFICALLY LOUD 24/7.

Seattle did the same a couple of weeks ago.

Why the sudden proliferation of data centers-not only on coties,bit in little towns.Itsnotfordata,I believe it is for spying

I am in hays and that is the big problem ...

The key is to STAND UP.

VOTE GOP OUT

Hurrah for HUMANS, not data center polluting our communities and the world environment!

Do they like drinking water that much in San Marcos? How selfish. Bastards.

Yeah #CT, but did you see the breaking 'revoltin developments'(news)from the"TEXAS-PUBLIC-UTILITY-COMMISSION"allowing these"Surveillance-Gathering-Data-Centers"even more access to the GRID that means their utility bills will be"minimal+less than minimal" ntm, as ours go..."SKYHIGH",amirite "JigSaw"?

Thank you San Marcos. As usual politicians are attempting to make decisions that will inevitably harm the people, while benefiting the billionaires (& the trillionaire), while destroying the lives of millions. I believe the best response to this is to tell the “data Center” owners 🖕🏻

Way to go, San Marcos!

Way to go, San Marcos! Data centers would absolutely destroy all those wonderful, natural, beautiful waterways that bring so much joy and happiness to everyone who partakes of them.

Don't f**k with Texans

Well done!!! 👏👏👏

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Now if the masses could only be convinced to stop voting for the corporate and oligarch owned republicans...

You have my vote at the midterms.

Abbott and crew will over rule with state law.

We DON'T NEED ANY FUCKING DATA CENTERS ANYWHERE!!!! THEY WILL ONLY STEAL ALL THE RESOURCES AND ONLY BENEFIT THE EPSTEIN CLASS.

EXCELLENT! 😁

Small wins = consistent restisance.

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Bleed those beasts. & get the fuck off your phone people.In Europe the kids can’t even use them till they’re 16.How about we step up here? We the people need to slough off our capitalist masters.No more wage slavery. No more corporate owned candidates and representatives. Wake up mindless consumers.

If the tech bros are so damn smart, let them figure out an energy efficient, water efficient way to run their centers. Until then, forget it.

Do they own their water rights?

Thank you San Marcos! ❤️

I think it's awesome that they did this. However, I worry that Trump is going to declare these data centers run by his rich "friends" to be a "matter of national security" and not only override prohibitions like this, but also declare they get priority over electricity and water.

Bunch of elitists. NIMBY

Mmmm Texas

Great idea

Congrats!

All states should ban data centers & then watch the billionaires cry like babies. That'd be fun

I only wish ALL of TEXAS felt that way...and elected better senators...and better governors...and VOTED more often.

They made the right decision. Imagine being forced to hear this 24/7/365. youtube.com/shorts/Wmr_m...

Maybe there’s hope for Texas, good job 👍

Way to go San Marcos!! I wish Denton would do the same!

Sadly, corporations will make certain that federal law on info centers will eventually be superseding of any laws passed by state, county or local jurisdictions.

Yeah, that's always the concern. In normal times we could point to the half dozen or so endangered species in the river/aquifer as a legal reason, but since the state & feds are on the side of these developers, it probably wouldn't matter.

It’s a very nice town. Two of my grandchildren attended college there.

me too, next logical step is for Hays County to pass its own moratorium

The opposition is winning!

GOOD ON YOU SAN MARCOS!!

spy centers

Nice! Now can we do the same with detention centers?

Wish Austin would do that. I think Austin has around 60!🤬 no one asked my opinion about this shit.

Well done!!

It's kind of surprising yet a wonderful law. I wouldn't have expected it in Texas. Well done Texas.

Finally, something good coming out of Texas.

it's great that the San Marcos city council voted with their constituents...I've seen too many examples of a mass organization against data centers but the city govt going ahead and passing them anyway

Just Say NO to data centers!

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Hope more cities do the same.

Put them in Alaska…

YES👏👏👏👏TY

Bravo Texas!

Woohoo..! Great move..! You will NOT REGRET IT..!

I imagine in 2027 the Texas GOP will try to pre-empt local bans on data centers.

GREAT⭐️⭐️👏👏👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Excellent

This is what happens when Luddites successfully spread fear to people who are so busy working they don't have time to look things up.

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It’s a boondoggle. . .

Put the data centers next door to the rich people making money off of them.

Corporations exist because we allow them to. We hold the purse strings; never forget that. Our approval keeps them alive. Our money is their oxygen. Without us, they collapse. Media, tech, retail; doesn’t matter. They answer to consumers...to us.

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Now if they vote for Talarico too I’ll 👏🏽

"San Marcos city hall votes to force clouds to actually perform cloud storage."

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Good sign, i hope this continues

I don't know. How much access does Elon's personal city have to the aquifer? Hopefully, none

The can build in San Recto

Yeah they have the final say until the TX legislature and governor undo this.

Crazy as it may seem rural Texans realize how devastating these data centers are for the water electric rates and the tax rates( because they demand no sells tax and reduction or elimination of school and property taxes) in their counties and are rebelling against the Trumplicans in power.

The framers of our constitution would be very disappointed that we are not fighting harder against this regime. It appears as if we have surrendered when we are not visibly protesting. They are gaining more power and we are going to be too late to stop them if we do not act now. REPOST THIS!

Wait, you mean despite getting threatening letter from their superiors, the city council showed …courage?San Marcos will pay for that, and be sued into submission. Bow down like Granbury. Just obey. “Trump will fix everything.”

My old hometown!! 🎉🎊

I'd suspect this ban is going to be largely inconsequential because a data center could be just as easily be built outside the city's jurisdiction but still would have detrimental effects on it's resources, property values and quality of life.

Taxation reaches across city limits. As well as power disruptions.

I'm all about voting but when their internet service is slow or not available, we'll see what happens.

Congrats and I want to stop them. I’m in seguin and they voted under cover. Is there a way to fight that now?

Via @justicedemocrats.com

They can build those data centers on kushner and ivankas island. Far, far away.

Texas leads the country in Data Center build plans right now. Texans better keep that pushback going strong. Abbott and Paxton want those kickbacks and residuals. Do NOT let them win!!!

Good job San Marcos! I wish my community government had the same amount of common sense. Letting the tech bros build something like this in your community is just plain dumb. Huge cost, zero benefit. Why do we even consider it?

Then they build it outside city limits. Happening in Arizona

AMERICANS TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME NEWS💯👏🏻🇺🇸🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL DONE.. pass it on.

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Good for them!

Power to the people!

Excellent! ✊🏼🇺🇸💋

Centers are killing jobs.. raising power bills, and depleting water.. Do not fall for the fancy sugar coated lies in DATA ads.

Great decision San Marcos TX

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#WeThePeople #WeHoldThePower #WeOutnumberThem #TheyNeedUs more than we need them