San Antonio district hosts a dozen data centers as industry camouflages them in woods
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-02
The Verge explores the backlash against hyperscale data centers and the industry's new tactic of camouflaging them in woods. San Antonio councilmember Ric Galvan recalls when data centers looked like modest office buildings in the 2000s; now they span millions of square feet. His roughly 55-square-mile district already has over a dozen, likely growing to 20 within a few years, clustered along two roads that concentrate traffic and noise nuisances on the same neighborhoods.
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