PENN YAN, N.Y. (WROC) — A proposed artificial intelligence data center along Seneca Lake is drawing opposition from Yates County residents who fear the project could bring more noise, pollution and environmental concerns to the Finger Lakes. Environmental advocates...
Residents Call for Moratorium on AI Data Center Expansion in Torrey
Organizers say more than 100 people gathered in Dresden Tuesday night to discuss the proposed expansion of the former Greenidge cryptocurrency mining facility into a large-scale artificial intelligence data center and its potential impact on Seneca Lake and...
Community shares concerns about proposal to turn former crypto plant on Seneca Lake into AI data center
PENN YAN, N.Y. — A community forum is happening on Tuesday night in Yates County to discuss a proposal to turn the former Greenidge Generation cryptomining plant on Seneca Lake into an AI data center. Residents of the Town of Torrey are holding the forum at Seneca...
Torrey residents renew call for data center moratorium after Dresden forum
More than 100 people attended a forum in Dresden on Tuesday night as residents and environmental advocates pressed the Town of Torrey to pause new or expanding cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence data centers near Seneca Lake, according to the group that...
Seneca Lake power plant in Yates County converting to AI data center, sparks calls for moratorium
“So the transition has already begun,” said Yvonne Taylor, vice president of Seneca Lake Guardian. “Some estimates are saying that they are already 30% artificial intelligence data center. And they’re just waiting that, you know, they’re in the queue among other, you...
Opinion: New York must resist data center expansion
By: Yvonne Taylor, for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle -- Seneca Lake is a 4.2 trillion-gallon body of water that supports families, farms, wineries, and millions of tourists. It is the heart of the Finger Lakes region, and for the past nine years, it...
Opinion: I’m a a father-to-be; I demand real data center protections
By: David Landers, for the Courier Journal -- Kentucky regulators brought a massive, proposed data center in Hawesville one step closer to reality, approving a 15-year power agreement allowing TeraWulf’s Justified Data Center Campus to use over 480 megawatts of...
From Crypto to AI
Karin Critchlow has many fond memories of summers spent on Seneca Lake. After all, her family has owned land next to the lake in the small village of Dresden for more than 70 years. Over that time, they’ve improved the property, building two lake houses, enhancing the...
US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution
From rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm When officials in Wyoming conducted a routine test on the water that was being discharged from a massive under-construction Meta datacenter, it was a...








