Microsoft Columbia Data Center Dec. 30, 2024, 12 a.m.-Feb. 27, 2025, 11:59 p.m. (extended from Feb. 4, 2025) public comment
Comment From:
Danna Dal Porro
2/27/25 @ 10:48 PM
Dear Sir/Madame,
This is my public comment on the Microsoft Columbia Data Center located in Quincy, Washington. This data center was the first data center built in Quincy, Washington. Most of the construction was done without an opportunity for an...↓y public comment. It was not until later that the general public was informed about the project. It was much later that the details about the diesel generators were shared with the public. The emissions from the generators is my concern.
I have presented emails regarding Columbia and the danger of these emissions to the school children at Mt View School elementary but these incriminating emails have made no difference to the continued permitting of many additional data centers.
As of December 17, 2024, Quincy had 416 large diesel generators permitted. All of these generators are inside the Quincy City Limits. Because of our position in the irrigated agricultural part of the State, we have an abundance of farm workers. We are a low-income, minority community and the impact of the emissions from the generators is an example of Environmental Injustice. I have provided factual documents to back-up these assertions in previous Public Comments.
My comments today are that the Department of Ecology and the State of Washington is continuing to permit dangerous levels of emissions and particulates to shower down on Quincy residents as well as people in the surrounding Grant County. I believe it is morally wrong to know exactly how these emissions might impact the elementary children in Mt. View School. I know that their lungs, hearts and neurological systems can be affected by going to school so close to Columbia. The teachers in that building will possibly work there for years and their exposure might possibly shorten their lives. Columbia was built in the wrong place to start with and Microsoft continues to add to that facility. Microsoft will not move Columbia so the best solution is for Microsoft to move Mt. View School away from the Columbia emissions. I am requesting that Microsoft do the right thing and build a new school and protect these children and teachers.
Thank you for considering my comments.
Danna Dal Porto
16651 Road 3 NW
Quincy, WA 98848
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Comment From:
Shana Ochsner
2/13/25 @ 11:13 AM
This is located too close to an elementary school.
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Comment From:
Beth Fuget
2/13/25 @ 7:35 AM
I urge you not to approve the use of more polluting diesel generators at a site close to a school and a vulnerable community. At the very least, if the generators are approved, they should be equipped with pollution-reducing devices as in other citie...↓s. Quincy may have less background pollution than other places but there are greater risks due to less access to health care and other disparities.↓
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Comment From:
Matty Lauder
2/12/25 @ 11:03 PM
Microsoft should not be using any kind fossil fuel energy production. We let them build their giant data centers, give them tax breaks, let them use our public roads, our public water infrastructure, and so much more. They make billions of dollars wi...↓th our data and resources, the LEAST they can do is find a less carbon-intensive and pollutive way to power their server farm.↓
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Comment From:
Michael Bailey
2/12/25 @ 9:48 PM
First the Tribes were removed from the land, then the fur and fish extracted to near extinction, and now the water itself is being removed as billions in government money goes to rebuilding the damage extractive industries have done here. We cannot c...↓ontinue to extract without those who take also giving back. If you won't deny the expansion in extraction and pollution, at least have the courage to ask for something beneficial in return.↓
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This is my public comment on the Microsoft Columbia Data Center located in Quincy, Washington. This data center was the first data center built in Quincy, Washington. Most of the construction was done without an opportunity for an...↓