It's probably best, for your mental health, to ask these questions in earnest, and stop dismissing people as illogical. The communities living near data centers have real water problems, making it believable. If you're wondering why NIMBY happens, just watch the first 30 seconds.
And there isn't solid evidence that this was connected to the data center construction:
> Ben Sheidler, a spokesman for the Joint Development Authority, which manages the industrial park that Meta’s facilities occupy, said the cause of the water issues was unknown. The Joint Development Authority did not do a well water study before construction to determine any potential effects, but the timing of the problems could be a coincidence, he said.
> “I wouldn’t want to speculate that even the construction had something to do with it,” he said. “One thousand feet away is a pretty significant distance.”
