05/31/2026
Say NO to data centers in Jackson County!
North Carolina is sitting on something that took thousands of years of mountain watersheds, rivers, forests, wetlands, coastal estuaries, and aquifers to create — and no corporate development proposal has ever come close to assigning it a real value. The water. The land. The natural resources that sustain communities, agriculture, wildlife, tourism, and outdoor recreation across the state.
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks, from the Piedmont to the coastal plain, North Carolina supports far more than industrial expansion plans and development maps. It supports farming, fishing, forestry, tourism, outdoor recreation, wildlife habitat, and local economies that depend on healthy land and reliable water.
The Cape Fear River. The Neuse. The Roanoke. The French Broad. The Yadkin-Pee Dee. The Catawba. The Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. The mountain streams, coastal wetlands, estuaries, forests, and generations of communities that depend on protected watersheds and stable groundwater — none of this can simply be recreated once damaged.
North Carolina’s identity is tied to these landscapes. Family farms, fishing communities, mountain towns, hiking trails, state parks, coastal traditions, and outdoor recreation industries all exist because the land and water remained productive long enough for generations to build their lives around them.
Its rivers provide drinking water to millions. Its estuaries support fisheries that help sustain coastal communities. Its mountain watersheds feed rivers that flow across the state, supporting both people and wildlife.
The tech industry has options. North Carolina’s water does not.
It belongs to the families farming the same land their grandparents worked, the anglers fishing mountain streams and coastal waters, the communities that depend on healthy watersheds, and the next generation of North Carolinians who deserve to inherit a state that still looks and functions like North Carolina — not a landscape consumed by endless industrial server infrastructure.
Some things are not available for repurposing. North Carolina’s water is one of them. 🌲💧🌊
