Willie Nelson Tells Communities to “Fight” Data Centers In Open Letter

Willie Nelson has come out strong against data centers, publishing an opening letter on July 28th that said communities need to fight against the environmentally destructive server warehouses. The country music icon posted his letter on social media, telling people that he grew up in Abbott, Texas, has a home there with farmed land “ where I can still see stars at night.” He then gave his protest against data centers. “Our community, like many others, needs to fight against data centers invading our land,” Nelson wrote. “The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter).” Get Farm Aid Tickets Here A founder of Farm Aid, which celebrated 40 years in 2025, Nelson rallied for rural America and small farms in his letter, saying, “The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints. It comes from generations of people, open spaces, local businesses, and a connection to the land.” America deserves “thoughtful stewardship” that doesn’t steal farmland and small family farmers’ livelihoods “and not data centers that only destroy the environment around them,” Nelson said. He ended his ...