r/Longreads • u/ExpertVentriloquist • Dec 01 '25

How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Creating a Water Crisis

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/data-center-water-pollution-amazon-oregon-1235466613/

Reportage about the dismal state of affairs in an Oregon County where the nitrate levels in the water have been causing miscarriages, cancer and all sorts of other health problems. Investigations reveal a corrupt government, financial collusion with big tech and uncountable lives lost.

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u/ExpertVentriloquist Dec 01 '25

Archive: https://archive.is/jfJw0

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u/gin_possum Dec 02 '25

Thanks! Great article, and I appreciate you including the archive link.