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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-09-09 Jordan Polani Monderen Support Testimony From: Polani Monderen To: Planning LPC Testimony Subject: Testimony in Support of Banning Data Processing Center on Moku o Hawaiʻi Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 6:51:02 PM Attachments: Appeal Data Processing Centers (1).pdf Aloha e, Please see attached file that is a written testimony in support of banning data processing centers in Hawaiʻi. Aloha mā, J. Pōlani Monderen Testimony to Support the Ban of Data Processing Center On Moku o Hawaiʻi, or Any Other Island within Our Archipelago By: Jordan Pōlani Monderen September 8th, 2026 Aloha Kākou, I, Jordan Pōlani Monderen, write this testimony from faith that it will be given the space to fully be read, felt, and considered. This is in lieu of the September 24th, 2026 public session regarding banning the use of the Leeward side of Moku o Hawaiʻi as a data processing center. As kanaka ʻōiwi it is my responsibility to speak on behalf of the ʻāina when she clearly calls for advocates to be her voice when others do not heed her signals. This testimony is from personal reflections and understandings, and will simply address the metaphysical from a felt sense while acknowledging where science supports this conviction. Our culture is not built on simple practices or beliefs, it is innately curated through how we breathe, process, and participate with life and death. We as kanaka know that as an individual we are a system within a system, within a system; in other words our bodies respond and process on behalf of our environment. On a larger scale, we observe how the ʻāina that we stand upon systemically responds to the world. For years, she has been signaling and forewarning that there is an exponentially growing imbalance between the organic system and the artificial one developing. Scientifically speaking, every action has an equal or opposite reaction, and we as kānaka have been witnessing how the impacts of the artificial system is not reciprocal to sustaining life of the organic system, and is therefore causing many adverse effects within our waters and sky, and more recently noticing how the literal Earth beneath our feet is shifting from the lopsided weight of these actions. It is a proven fact that all life on Earth contains elements of water, it is also known that without water there would be no life. Water can only transmute so much heat before it shifts into another state, that may or may not ever be converted back to living water, due to the hyper functionality of artificial intelligence and other global warming issues we are facing. What living water we have we must protect. Furthermore, we know that physical matter in the midst of water will be the first to ground static energy when water becomes too polarized, meaning our dear Papahānaumokuākea is being directly affected in response to the waters being impacted. These known, simple facts are enough for me to say ʻaʻole nō to any part of Kō Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina being an industrial data processing center. By typing my name above, I acknowledge, agree, and confirm that my typed name constitutes my legal electronic signature and manifest intent to be bound by this testimony to the same extent as a physical handwritten signature. Testimony to Support the Ban of Data Processing Center On Moku o Hawaiʻi, or Any Other Island within Our Archipelago By: Jordan Pōlani Monderen September 8th, 2026 I cannot allow, nor tolerate the consideration of such. My heart aches on behalf of our Earth already alchemizing so much in response to human implementations. In many ways, the Hawaiian Archipelago is already processing so much on behalf of the world. We are the first land mass for thousands of miles, in addition to being positioned, nearly center, of what is known as the Ring of Fire. Those who are in true relation to the ʻāina already see the detrimental effects of global warming impacting us and our world. When the tides shift we feel it, when the heat rises Pele signals, when the exhaust from the artificial realm catches on our wind currents our lungs recognize it. Both on a metaphysical and scientific level we know that water will absorb, transfer, and transmute. However, we also know that to date there is no way to replace or recreate water in its life giving state. Meaning, that if we deplete or manipulate our water we are impacting life at a global scale for generations to come. This year, 2026 alone, has presented many symptoms that are beckoning us to remedy it, not exasperate them. At the most minimal level of evidence is this El Nino and the many storms it has attracted. In a more in depth look, the heat of our waters is both the cause and effect of the fact we are microwaving and diminishing life itself. To honor time and capacity, this is my testimony in the most simple and straight forward way. There are many more reasons, examples, and first hand experiences that I could share but choose to exclude in order to keep the above reasoning clear and concise. In closing, I reiterate, this testimony is to personally say I as a child of this land support the banning of data processing centers on Moku o Hawaiʻi, and any other island within our archipelago, now and forever. I, and many others, will not allow this sacred land to be manipulated, misrepresented, or misused. Aloha Mā, Jordan Pōlani Monderen By typing my name above, I acknowledge, agree, and confirm that my typed name constitutes my legal electronic signature and manifest intent to be bound by this testimony to the same extent as a physical handwritten signature.