CHA-Forward Aragon has made known this Saturday in Villamayor de Gállego (Zaragoza) its initiatives to protect the territory in the face of the “massive and uncontrolled” arrival of data centers in Aragon. At the event, the head of the list for the Congress for Zaragoza, Marina Rodríguez, and the number 2 of the candidacy, Jesús García, took part, accompanied by representatives of the formations that make up the coalition.
Marina Rodríguez has stressed that “to achieve an Aragon where we can live, defending the territory is essential. We have to stop being the land of sacrifice of the State. That’s why we are going to take measures against extractivism that squeezes our landscapes and empties our towns to send cheap energy and resources to the big capital cities”.
She has insisted that “if our land generates wealth, the first condition is that the benefits stay here, to be shared among Aragonese women and men, and to serve as a real economic engine to fight depopulation, energy poverty, or to be able to set up companies that generate quality jobs”.
For his part, Jesús García has warned that “data centers are a new economic bubble that aims to generate wealth at the expense of the territory’s resources”.
He has criticized that “they sell it to us as an opportunity for the future, but the reality is that they consume enormous amounts of energy while the benefits remain in the hands of a few,” to highlight again that “Aragon cannot become an energy colony at the service of large companies that extract resources without guaranteeing an equivalent social and economic return”.
Likewise, the candidate has pointed out that “the price of this bet will ultimately be paid by working families and the most vulnerable sectors, who may be forced to assume a higher electricity bill”.
In his assessment, devoting more and more energy resources to this type of projects can halt the development of productive industries with real capacity to generate stable employment and wealth in Aragon. “We cannot allow activities with a strong impact on energy consumption to displace sectors that do add value and opportunities for the majority of society,” he concluded.