Holly Flynn is a member of Honest Future for Lowell, a grassroots coalition committed to environmental justice and energy accountability in Lowell, Mass.
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Living in the Shadow of a Data Center
10-15-2026
When big data is in your backyard.
The Markley Group’s 350,000-square-foot data center was built in the Sacred Heart neighborhood of Lowell, Mass., in 2015. In August 2026, a judge paused the installation of four new generators as a result of a lawsuit from Honest Future for Lowell. / Brian Snyder / Reuters
I moved to Lowell, Mass., in 2010 as a young adult. The community hosted movie nights at the baseball field and organized events at the park, which have sadly stopped. I live by myself, so neighbors were the number one thing I looked to. Then Markley [Group] purchased an abandoned spaghetti factory.