# If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?

> San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan remembers when data centers first arrived in his city in the 2000s, looking like relatively unassuming office buildings.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1003681/microsoft-data-centers-ai-environment-biomimicry?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6abfa46f2c3b51ff6a79c923)
- **Published:** 2026-10-02
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #microsoft #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6abfa46f2c3b51ff6a79c923

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