{"id":23249,"date":"2026-05-26T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/what-you-see-here-is-a-wetland-without-water-how-the-datacentre-boom-is-exacerbating-chiles-mega-drought\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:37:16","slug":"what-you-see-here-is-a-wetland-without-water-how-the-datacentre-boom-is-exacerbating-chiles-mega-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/what-you-see-here-is-a-wetland-without-water-how-the-datacentre-boom-is-exacerbating-chiles-mega-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What you see here is a wetland without water\u2019: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile\u2019s mega-drought"},"content":{"rendered":"

The country is positioning itself as Latin America\u2019s next technology hub, but communities are pushing back<\/p>\n

The Andes mountains frame what was once a wetland \u2013 now a stretch of dry, yellowed grass. Rodrigo Vallejos, a final-year law student, noticed the change five years ago while observing the Quilicura wetland, on the northern outskirts of Santiago. One of Chile<\/a>\u2019s largest swamps, spanning 468.4 hectares (about 1,200 acres) and partially protected<\/a>, was drying up right before his eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you see here is a wetland without water,\u201d says Vallejos, who has investigated the causes alongside activists from the group Resistencia Socioambiental de Quilicura. \u201cI discovered that Quilicura is home to the largest concentration of datacentres in Latin America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe country is positioning itself as Latin America\u2019s next technology hub, but communities are pushing back
\nThe Andes mountains frame what was once a wetland \u2013 now a stretch of dry, yellowed grass. Rodrigo Vallejos, a final-year law student, noticed the change five years ago while observing the Quilicura wetland, on the northern outskirts of Santiago. One of Chile\u2019s largest swamps, spanning 468.4 hectares (about 1,200 acres) and partially protected, was drying up right before his eyes.
\n\u201cWhat you see here is a wetland without water,\u201d says Vallejos, who has investigated the causes alongside activists from the group Resistencia Socioambiental de Quilicura. \u201cI discovered that Quilicura is home to the largest concentration of datacentres in Latin America.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The country is positioning itself as Latin America\u2019s next technology hub, but communities are pushing back The Andes mountains frame what was once a wetland \u2013 now a stretch of dry, yellowed grass. Rodrigo Vallejos, a final-year law student, noticed the change five years ago while observing the Quilicura wetland, on the northern outskirts of …<\/p>\n

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