As worldwide demands for technology grow at ever-increasing, even alarming rates, so does the need for data centers housing servers and server racks. Data centers consume massive quantities of electricity and produce lots of unwanted waste heat, which is dispersed locally to warm both the micro- and macro-environments. Additional power and water are then needed to cool the data centers. Suburban and rural locations are favored for data centers to ease urban congestion, but cooling data centers can quickly overwhelm both the local electrical and water supplies. Power providers cite these to justify increased investment in new generating facilities. Municipal governments love them for the tax revenue (Google, Apple, and Microsoft all having deep pockets), but on the local, grass-roots level, paying more for electricity and dealing with reduced water pressure – not so much.