Bonner Data Center

Missoula County does not need a data center. This project, if allowed to proceed, will have major negative impacts on the irreplaceable Blackfoot River corridor. This data center is unnecessary and the harm it will do exponentially outweighs any potential good. Ban construction on all new data centers!

I am apposed to this project for the following reasons: the noise disruption that will be a constant, the traffic congestion that will be caused during the long construction process, the harm to the river and community water supply and the eventual increase to our electric costs. There is not a single community that has a data center currently that is not experiencing negative outcome. Lastly, the data centers do not bring long term employment growth.

This would be an absolutely horrendous addition to the Missoula area and does not at all align with the values of Missoula/Missoulians. We value outdoor spaces, the environment, art and creativity, humanity - all things that are at complete odds with AI and Data Centers. Please do not allow this project to move forward.

This is an irresponsible project proposed along the Blackfoot river. This watershed has generated beneficial economic, recreational, and environmental resources for generations of Montanans. A short sighted construction of a data center that fuels a brand new and also short sighted tech industry is a project this area cannot tolerate. I oppose the construction of this project and any that are similar in this area and the rest of Montana.

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There is absolutely no positive to having this giant eyesore in a beautiful part of the state. How is it beneficial to Missoula or Montana in general? Ai costs more than it can produce. There’s already overwhelming evidence that data centers destroy the land, water, and well being of everything around them. This should not be built.

Dear MCCLUB,

I am writing to express my concern and say ‘NO’ to putting in this data center in the old Bonner Mill.

It is heartbreaking that the project has gotten this far and that this is an actual consideration for the area. I am not sure I can offer anything new from the 16+ pages of people’s comments and the thousands of people who have signed the petition to not have the project move forward. All I can do is to urge you to listen to the people and do what is best for the community. We DO NOT want this here and you need to shut this down, now.

This is a terrible, stupid, and SELFISHLY EVIL project that is UNWANTED IN MISSOULA! We do NOT want this awful, vile, atrocious data center in our community. The people don’t want it the animals don’t want it the rivers don’t want it. We do not need it prioritize your people and environment over profit! It is utterly disgusting that this is even on Missoula‘s radar as a proposed plan and project. Every single person who is involved in creating this should be utterly ashamed of themselves. How evil and selfish can someone be to think this would be prosperous and good for the community? I have never been more disgusted by something. I am proud to live where I do and be a part of the Missoula community Montana is to be protected, not pillaged. William Clark did enough damage here we do not need to replicate his selfishness and greed. We only have one home, do better.

Please no! This city is too small to handle this kind of energy demand. It will comprise each and every resident in Missoula. Not fair to us.

I’m Breeann Adam, and I’m expressing my opposition to the data center proposal.

I live in a nearby residential property. For many years, I’ve lived here with my family. I also work in this community, including 11 years as a special education teacher at Bonner School. Here in Bonner, I live, work, go to church, recreate, and raise my children. In short, this is my home in every way, so this issue matters to me.

The review for the data center that will be considered by the county is focused on whether the proposed use, including the center’s equipment and operations, would be compatible with nearby residential properties, like mine.

Recently, I read the bylaws that govern MCCLUB. They are posted online, for anyone wondering.

The first line of the bylaws directly quotes: “The purpose of the Missoula County Consolidated Land Use Board is to fulfill Missoula County’s obligations under Montana Law to promote the orderly development of land and protect public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its communities.”

This data center proposal is contradictory and clearly not compatible with the stated county bylaws or nearby residential properties. Constructing this center would not support orderly development of land. This data center would extensively violate and diminish our community’s public health, safety, morals, and welfare. Pollution, noise, waste, and fire risk are just a few of many problems. This center would negatively affect me, my family, our home, the community, and environment.

A lot can be said about this issue, but I request that this council and the decision-making board recognize this is a simple choice. Either choose to follow your own bylaws thereby rejecting the proposal or choose not to. These bylaws that govern the board should make the right choice obvious and clear. Follow your own bylaws, and you won’t approve this data center.

This proposal must be swiftly and decisively rejected. Thank you.

At What Cost?
Noise that will have a contant humming from cooling systems, generators can disrupt sleep, daily life, and wildlife in surrounding neighborhoods.
Growing demand strains local resources and infrastructure, often outpacing community planning capacity.
E-Waste Frequent hardware upgrades and replacements generate significant volumes of electronic waste.
Water usage for cooling systems often require substantial water resources straining local water supplies and ecosystems.
Then they are given Tax Deals at the expense of are infrastructure.
Electric use the hidden costs.
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Dear Missoula County Consolidated Land Use Board,

As a Missoula resident, I am writing to express my immense opposition to the proposed Krambu AI data center occupying 9314 Bonner Mill Road, and implore you to not approve their Special Exception Request.

If the question posed here is whether or not the center will be compatible with nearby residential properties, there is no world in which the answer would be yes.

The noise alone generated from these centers as a result of running cooling systems is, in my opinion, the definition of residential incompatibility. Considering the fact that these facilities will be running 24/7, residents will have absolutely no escape from the noise, which would extend anywhere from 2 to 5 miles. I feel it is also imperative to mention that students at The Bonner School would also be subjected to this noise, which would be a major disruption to their learning environment.

Additionally, as we've seen with similar facilities, this center has the potential to increase residential energy bills which would in no way positively impact the lives of residents in the area.

Additionally, as someone who primarily works in tourism in Missoula, I can not think of a single action that would ruin one of our most pertinent sources of income more.

The hum from the data center would without a doubt be heard from The Kettlehouse Amphitheater as it would only be two miles away. This would permanently affect the sound quality of one of Missoula's premiere music venues, which is arguably the most important aspect.

Any waste distributed into our waterways would also permanently damage a crucial feature of Missoula's landscape. Irrevocable environmental impacts aside, are tourists from out of town really going to want to go out of their way to recreate in polluted water? I sure wouldn't. If tourists aren't coming to Missoula, that eliminates a lot of jobs, and a lot of outside income.

It seems absurd to approve a facility that will not directly benefit Missoula residents in any conceivable way, especially since they will be the ones directly affected by it. This new data center isn't even proposing to bring in new job opportunities to a city that desperately needs them.

I implore you again to not approve this special request. This center is guaranteed to be a public nuisance, and directly impact Missoula's economy for the worse.

Missoula County Consolidated Land Use Board,

I am a recent graduate from the University of Montana, and school is the reason why I moved to Missoula. I thought my time here would be temporary, but Missoula has turned permanent; I now consider Missoula my second home. I have spent the last four years studying environmental science and exploring Western Montana. Despite differing political and religious beliefs, I’ve observed that our community members support healthy wildlife populations, strong fisheries, and a balanced well-functioning ecosystem. The combination of my experiences has made it very clear that Missoula County values the environment.

Sense of place is a concept that geographers and planners use to describe the connection we have to our built and natural landscape. In a more modern and simplistic term, I would describe a community's sense of place as the “vibe”. While this may seem trivial, I think it is important to reflect on the connection residents have to the landscape and how a data center might change this. Missoula county is a unique place. It is surrounded by public land, nestled between wilderness areas, and is in the aboriginal territories of Salish, Kootenai, and Kalispel people. A data center does not belong in Missoula County.

Despite meeting the correct zoning code, a data center would directly oppose the county mission statement of providing “quality public service to protect and enhance the well-being of the people, communities and environment of Missoula County”. The county states they will achieve this goal by valuing integrity, community, innovation, and teamwork. The Krambu data center would neglect all of the characteristics the county claims to value.

Right now we know that data centers use a lot of water and electricity, but do not require a lot of labor. By introducing a data center we are allowing Montana’s resources to be exploited for the benefit of Krambu rather than the local community. The board has a duty to protect Missoula County from the pressures imposed by large corporations. This proposal follows a pattern of development in Montana that extracts and exploits. Krambu has no interest in supporting our community, and will leave members struggling to pay for basic needs like utilities and water.

Decline the proposal for the Krambu data center in Bonner.

Montanan here. There are many things wrong with the Bonner Data center. Montana is supposed to be a place where you get away from all the city, big corporate stuff. They're already building enough. Please no!

A GIANT "NO" TO A DATA CENTER IN BONNER, MONTANA. Water usage is not compatible. Stop catering to wealthy tech corporations looking to make more money through the latest boom while the rest of us deal with the carnage. Stand up for what Montana already has which is clean water, healthy rivers, a reliable, healthy economy that comes from the clean water and healthy rivers. Don't sell out the citizens of a great state. NO on the Bonner Data Center.

Dear Members of the Missoula County Consolidated Land Use Board,

I am a Montanan that has lived here for most of my life and have spent my last 4 years in Missoula. I spent some other time in states like Virginia or Alaska, but there truly is no other state like Montana. I grew up learning to treasure the nature that surrounds us in this state. Hiking, fishing, biking, trail running, and more are only doable here because of how the land has been protected so far. There is a terrifying trend of out of touch politicians failing to protect the land that makes Montana the amazing place it is. Due to the immense ecological impacts and the exploitation of Missoula citizen’s land from an out of state company, I am writing in strong opposition to the proposed AI data center development in Bonner.

One of the biggest concerns of this project is the water usage and the thermal pollution that will come to operate a large data center. This directly threatens the Blackfoot River which is already under strain from other damaging policies. This river also connects to the Clark Fork which spreads around most of Montana.

Not only this but the proposed economic benefits are drastically overstated by Krambu. We are not going to be seeing a vast number of jobs created. We will see power and water usage on obscene levels. I also dislike the precedent this sets that Montana can be pushed around and destroy our land for out of state corporations. If it approve this data center it shows that our state can be bought out for future data centers. We need to make sure we stop bending over for corporations that don’t even understand the land they are destroying.

I beg those in power to hear the concerns of their constituents. The long-term environmental impacts of this proposal desperately need to be considered. I also urge voters to think about their own children and grand children. I was lucky enough to grow up in a state where I could spend my summers floating and kayaking rivers, see animals like deer and elk all over, and explore the natural beauty of our state. Please don’t take those opporitunites away from your citizens, yourself, and all the future generations just to appease an out of state corporation.

For all these reason I must oppose the Krambu AI data center proposal in Bonner.

Dear Members of the Missoula County Consolidated Land Use Board,

I am a Montanan that has lived here for most of my life and have spent my last 4 years in Missoula. I spent some other time in states like Virginia or Alaska, but there truly is no other state like Montana. I grew up learning to treasure the nature that surrounds us in this state. Hiking, fishing, biking, trail running, and more are only doable here because of how the land has been protected so far. There is a terrifying trend of out of touch politicians failing to protect the land that makes Montana the amazing place it is. Due to the immense ecological impacts and the exploitation of Missoula citizen’s land from an out of state company, I am writing in strong opposition to the proposed AI data center development in Bonner.

One of the biggest concerns of this project is the water usage and the thermal pollution that will come to operate a large data center. This directly threatens the Blackfoot River which is already under strain from other damaging policies. This river also connects to the Clark Fork which spreads around most of Montana.

Not only this but the proposed economic benefits are drastically overstated by Krambu. We are not going to be seeing a vast number of jobs created. We will see power and water usage on obscene levels. I also dislike the precedent this sets that Montana can be pushed around and destroy our land for out of state corporations. If it approve this data center it shows that our state can be bought out for future data centers. We need to make sure we stop bending over for corporations that don’t even understand the land they are destroying.

I beg those in power to hear the concerns of their constituents. The long-term environmental impacts of this proposal desperately need to be considered. I also urge voters to think about their own children and grand children. I was lucky enough to grow up in a state where I could spend my summers floating and kayaking rivers, see animals like deer and elk all over, and explore the natural beauty of our state. Please don’t take those opporitunites away from your citizens, yourself, and all the future generations just to appease an out of state corporation.

For all these reason I must oppose the Krambu AI data center proposal in Bonner.

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