HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-10-12 Mileina Estella Valadon SupportFrom: m. e.
To: Planning LPC Testimony
Subject: As regards the encroaching danger of A.I. data centres
Date: Monday, October 12, 2026 1:30:50 AM
My name is Mileina Valadon and I live in Mountain View. I am submitting testimony in
strong support of Bill 170 and urging the Leeward Planning Commission to recommend a stronger definition of "hyperscale data center" before sending it back to the County Council.
The original bill defines a data center using subjective language that a developer's attorney can argue around in court. I am asking the commission to recommend a definition that is objective
and airtight, grounded in what the facility physically contains and how much power it draws. Specifically I am asking the commission to recommend this language:
"Hyperscale data center means any facility or campus of facilities whose primary purpose is the housing, operation, or co-location of computer servers, networking equipment, and
associated cooling, power, and support infrastructure, including but not limited to servers, network equipment and appliances, telecommunications equipment, data storage systems,
systems for monitoring and managing infrastructure performance, environmental controls, fire protection systems, security systems, electrical substations, generators, and redundant power
supplies; and which requires or is designed to require 20 megawatts or more of electrical capacity at full build-out. This definition includes a single facility and any campus of multiple
facilities on contiguous or adjacent parcels under common ownership or control whose combined electrical demand meets or exceeds 20 megawatts. This term includes facilities
commonly described as large-scale, hyperscale, neocloud, and artificial intelligence data centers and colocation campuses. This term does not include telecommunications facilities
regulated under Section 25-4-12, hospital or government data systems, university educational and research facilities, or business offices in which servers are incidental to the primary use."
The 20 megawatt threshold creates a bright line that cannot be disputed. The campus language ensures a developer cannot game that threshold by building multiple smaller facilities side by
side on adjacent parcels under common ownership. Together these two elements make the prohibition meaningful and durable.
I cannot in good conscience allow such a monstrous thing to come to pass on this precious, precious, precious island when I have the ability to speak here and out about it -- now. How
foolish this human whim, to disturb the earth even more than we already have; to add injury upon injury -- and insult to boot -- that we are not seen as smart enough to be able to do
anything while the rich continue to line their pockets? And for what? Ultimately the greatest of riches is to coexist equally on this pale blue dot, our planet Earth, and I demand to see it so
that not only Hawai'i's islands restrict this madness, but legislative and judicial entities the whole world over...!
Our island cannot afford to get this wrong. Please recommend the strongest possible version of this bill.
Mahalo, Mileina Estella Valadon, Mountain View