Willie Nelson has come out strong against data centers, publishing an open letter on July 28th that said communities need to fight against the environmentally destructive server warehouses. He then gave his protest against data centers. “Our community, like many others, needs to fight against data centers invading our land,” Nelson wrote. Data centers are a growing concern in the U.S., with opponents pointing to their massive consumption of water, land and energy to power AI and enrich tech billionaires. Numerous municipalities and states have banned or halted the building of data centers with Texas Gov.