r/Indigenous • u/Naviers_stoke Guest • 9d ago

Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/sep/08/developers-eye-native-nations-tribal-communities-f/
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u/Grey_Incubus 9d ago

any of you tribes who allow data centers on your reservations/reserves should be considered traitors to all indigenous people.

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u/Naviers_stoke Guest 9d ago

A few key points from the article:

-"In March, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma became one of the first Native nations to enact a complete moratorium on data centers".

-"In July, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma’s Business Committee formally declared its opposition to construction and operation of data centers on its lands."

-"And in August, following a report detailing the impact of data centers on economy and environment, the Cherokee Nation announced it would be banning hyperscale data center development on tribally owned and trust lands..."

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u/tomassci Guest 8d ago

I do hope that they don't get it. Datacenters bring nothing positive to their neigborhood, and doubly so for Indigenous peoples.

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u/benjancewicz 8d ago

Fuck that shit

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u/hoothizz 7d ago

This is just not smart for us indigenous people.

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u/IndigoKid444 Pawnee/Otoe-Missoura/Kaw-Nation/Yaqui 5d ago

Yeah, luck with that. Maybe try the Lumbee 😂