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Brazil's renewable energy boom is attracting massive data centers, but at a high cost. A joint investigation by Mongabay and @intercept.com.br reveals that nearly 80% of proposed sites overlap with traditional Quilombola and Indigenous lands, shifting industrial risks onto local communities. 🧵

mongabay.ccBrazil’s unique data center boom rides on clean power despite social burdenCorporations benefit from wasted energy, while locals pay for grid upgrades and endure noise and water threats.

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Mongabay

@mongabay.com

27 Aug

Learn more in this investigation by @laismartins.com, Naira Hofmeister, and @franciscoamorim.bsky.social for @intercept.com.br and #Mongabay with the support of the @pulitzercenter.org. mongabay.cc/UxxTYy

mongabay.ccBrazil’s unique data center boom rides on clean power despite social burdenCorporations benefit from wasted energy, while locals pay for grid upgrades and endure noise and water threats.

Jill Turner

@jillhturner.bsky.social

27 Aug

This model is in Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals and should be applauded. It is the same as individual citizens investing in solar power and government subsidising home batteries. Initially expensive, but statistically very beneficial long term. See Chinese policy!