Data centers bring environmental concerns, like excess water use, to Chile
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building water-guzzling data centers in Chile. Local residents and activists are pushing back.
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Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building water-guzzling data centers in Chile. Local residents and activists are pushing back.
PALMAR SUR, Costa Rica — “Once, we were digging to build a fence for the animals and we discovered by luck some archaeological artifacts,” says Ana Isabel Vargas Ortiz, a 55-year-old farmer. She lives in Finca 9, a village close to the Diquís Delta archaeological site in the Puntarenas region of southeast Costa Rica. “It […]
Mexico City, Dec 23 (EFE).- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) facilitated access to water for more than 6,000 families from 44 rural and indigenous communities in central and southeastern Mexico, thereby addressing a health-threatening problem the coronavirus pandemic brought to light. The project, carried out in conjunction with the Fundación FEMSA and Ayuda en …
TALAMANCA, Costa Rica — “How do I say lemon in Bribri language?” ask Andy, 9, and his cousin Sergio, 11, of their grandmother, Marina López. They’re playing among cocoa trees in their grandmother’s field in Watsi, a village in southern Costa Rica’s Caribbean region, where their Indigenous Bribri community maintains its ancestral traditions. “Àsh means […]