Kelsey Vlamis Thu, June 18, 2026 at 8:11 AM UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doug Sevey went viral for speaking out against a proposed Google data center in Iowa. Sevey, who owns data centers, said he's concerned about the project's potential water consumption. Resistance to data centers is playing out across the US. A proposed Google data center project in Iowa has found an unlikely opponent: another data center owner.