Several homeowners near Meta’s massiveNewton County data center have filed a lawsuit accusing the tech company and others of tainting their water and destroying their rural way of life.
They allege the extensive tree clearing, blasting and excavation required to construct the more than $1 billion campus disturbed the area’s underground aquifer, polluting their well water with silt and sediment that clogged their water lines and damaged their appliances.
The clear-cutting of swaths of trees led to sporadic dust storms while, at night, the data center’s bright white lights can be seen from their homes and obscure the stars, according to the complaint…