Big Tech’s Hidden Water Grab: The Warning Every Town Needs to Hear

Manufacture Dissent · May 6, 2026 · 4m

In a 2026 city council meeting in Ravenna, Ohio, Will Hollingsworth spoke up. He is a local librarian, programmer, and former digital artist who got replaced by the AI tools he once helped train. He made a clear, fact-based argument against a proposed data center. He said it promises jobs and growth but actually uses millions of gallons of local water every day for cooling. The process releases harmful forever chemicals and threatens the Great Lakes Basin aquifer that serves 50,000 people. Hollingsworth called out company-funded studies, secret agreements, and the way trillion-dollar tech…