Worried about threatening wildlife, more than 200 residents of Tokyo, Japan, try to block the construction of a large data center

News from this website on July 10, according to Reuters, on Wednesday local time, a group of residents in Tokyo, Japan, claimed that they wanted to prevent Singaporean developer GLP from building a large logistics and data center. The move is a worrying sign for companies hoping to meet growing demand in Japan.

Photo source Pexels This residents’ group located in Akishima City, Tokyo, has more than 220 people. They successfully blocked the construction of a data center in Ryuyama City, Tokyo last December. Local residents expressed concern that the data center threatened wildlife, caused pollution, increased electricity consumption and even depleted the local water supply that relied solely on groundwater.
The group submitted a petition requesting relevant departments to review the city plan that previously approved GLP’s construction of a 3.63 million kilowatt data center (Note from this site: According to GLP’s predictions, the center is expected to emit approximately 1.8 million tons of carbon dioxide per year after its completion ).
Group representative Otake Yuuji (transliteration) said at the press conference, "This company needs to realize that the projects it develops are 'destroying' Akishima City and should be held responsible for this."
Residents estimate that 4,800 people in the area 3,000 of the trees will be cut down, posing a threat to local bird or animal habitats. Another representative of the group, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, said more bluntly that the plan was "too negligent and unbelievable." The group is considering applying for arbitration to get GLP to reconsider its plans - construction was originally due to start in February and be completed in early 2029.
Coincidentally, the plan to build a data center in Kashiwa, near Tokyo, has also been opposed by local people.

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