Imperial County residents protest against data center

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) - Imperial County residents protested against the installation of a data center in the county.

The protest was organized by the group "Not In My Backyard" and took place on Imperial Avenue in the City of El Centro Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific.

Protesters said the project must be carefully studied due to the negative environmental impact it could have, as well as the heavy use of resources it may require.

"People live [here]...their families live there, there's elementary schools there. We want to make sure that this project, that this moratorium protects all of us, because this rapidly increasing industry is the most rapidly increasing industry in the entire country, because there are so many data centers just being pushed in impoverished communities, just like this one, without really letting us know the long term impacts and effects."

Gilberto Manzanarez, Calexico Resists founder

They also stated that the protests against the project will continue.