A $14.5 billion hyperscale data center proposed for Bessemer, Alabama—a predominantly Black city—would demand 2 million gallons of water daily, fueling legitimate concerns about resource depletion and environmental harm in an economically vulnerable area. Low-income Black Americans already face the highest national mortality rates from air pollution, and the introduction of energy-intensive data centers exacerbates these preexisting health disparities. This pattern can be traced to industrial zoning policies that sacrifice poor, rural, often-Black areas to attract business to wealthier regions—and it's happening across rural America, from South Carolina to California, as tech companies deliberately target communities with less political power to resist.