Feuerwehr lehnt Google-Spende in Höhe von 250.000 US-Dollar wegen Streit um Rechenzentrum ab
https://www.14news.com/2026/03/09/fire-department-turns-down-250000-google-donation-amid-data-center-fight/
Feuerwehr lehnt Google-Spende in Höhe von 250.000 US-Dollar wegen Streit um Rechenzentrum ab
https://www.14news.com/2026/03/09/fire-department-turns-down-250000-google-donation-amid-data-center-fight/
9 Kommentare
Now that’s standing on business
For those who may not understand why this is a big deal. $250k can buy a lot of shit for a volunteer department.
It costs $12k+ to outfit one fire fighter with a single set of gear and assuming they’re sticking with NFPA regs, they would need to replace that gear every 10 years. If it gets damaged? Replaced earlier. This also takes into account the cost of training (initial plus continuing), tools on the apparatus and disposable PPE, hose replacement, etc.
$250k BARELY covers the cost of a used pumper/engine from the last 25 years. If you want new you’re looking at $500k+. Same goes for a tanker/tender (sorry r/Firefighting).
And that there is how you get it done. These folks told Google to kick rocks.
Google started backing TPUSA. They’re after our power grids and our water.
The way we view and respect firefighters is how i wish the police were
$250k?!…Google makes that in about 20 seconds.
Just take the money. The datacenter will happen either way. You don’t have to endorse it to take their money.
🫡 these firefighters
The real story here is the pattern. Data centers are getting built in rural areas specifically because land is cheap and local governments are easier to lobby. Then the „donations“ start flowing to buy goodwill before the community realizes what’s happening to their water table and power grid.
I’ve watched this play out in a few towns now. The playbook is always the same — announce project, offer token donations to local services, fast-track permits, and by the time residents figure out their utility bills doubled because the data center is pulling 30+ megawatts, it’s too late.
$250k to a fire department that will need to handle incidents at a facility they have zero training or equipment for is not generosity. It’s a down payment on reduced opposition. Good on this department for seeing through it.