Willie Nelson has spoken out against the construction of data centers across America, releasing a statement encouraging citizens to fight the proliferation of facilities that “only destroy the environment around them.” The country legend published an open letter on social media describing how he grew up in Abbott, Texas, and that the community needs to “fight against data centers invading our land.” “The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints. All of America deserves thoughtful stewardship that doesn’t steal farmland (where our essential shared-food is grown) and small family farmers’ livelihoods, and not data centers that only destroy the environment around them.” Data centers have elicited strong pushback in recent years over concerns about both their political implications and adverse effects on the environment and local communities.