Tempers flared during a late May public hearing about whether San Antonio residents wanted another data center in their far West Side neighborhood.

"There are already three data centers in my backyard," one middle-aged woman railed during her time at the podium.

"Now the light is in my bedroom every night. I don't sleep. I listen to the hum of the air conditioners." Sign up A man with long hair and glasses looked directly at executives with the company operating the new center as he delivered his stinging message of disapproval.