Ro Khanna Visits Georgia Family Suing Meta Over Stanton Springs Data Center Water

Rep. Ro Khanna visited the Morris family in Mansfield, Georgia, this week, where Beverly and Jeff Morris are suing Meta over water contamination they link to the nearby Stanton Springs Data Center. Yahoo reported the visit. The family says their well water turned off-brown and their appliances failed after the data center began operations.

Inside the Morris Family's Lawsuit Against Meta

Meta broke ground on the nearly 1,000-acre Stanton Springs Data Center in 2018, about 400 yards from the Morrises' front door, according to the report. The lawsuit, filed in Gwinnett County at the beginning of September, alleges Meta was directly responsible for contaminated water and decreased home value. The west campus is 416 acres and the east campus is more than 566 acres, spanning Walton, Newton and Morgan counties.

Beverly Morris said the family did not know about the data center when they bought the property in 2016. "We lived for two years with replacing parts in the toilets," she said. "It didn't work." Jeff Morris told Khanna, "It breaks my heart. When we first moved here, I used to brag about the drinking water."

Meta sent the Morrises a letter dated June 30, 2025, with findings from an internal groundwater review conducted by Geosyntec Consultants. The review found construction and operational activities at the Stanton Springs Data Center were not likely the cause of the issues at the Morrises' home. Meta told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that groundwater flows away from the plaintiffs' properties and that construction water came from the local utility. "While we are committed to being a good community partner, we will still defend ourselves from baseless lawsuits," Meta told the outlet.

Meta's Data Center Buildout and Georgia's Midterm Race

Meta operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger for over 3.56 billion daily users and produces approximately $215 billion in revenue, mostly from advertising, according to akta.pro company records. The company's workforce stood at 77,986 as of 2026 before 10% layoffs beginning May 20, affecting approximately 8,000 workers. Meta's total funding on record is $79.7 billion, with a last round on April 30, 2026.

Earlier Meta Data Center and AI Moves

In October 2026, Meta and Mason County finalized an agreement to locate a data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres in northeastern Kentucky, The Courier-Journal reported. Noon Energy signed an agreement with Meta in October 2026 to reserve up to 1 GW/100 GWh of energy storage for AI data centers, according to The future of trading. Meta supply chain and capacity manager Surafell Kebede joined Anthropic in October 2026, Datacenterdynamics reported.

What Comes Next for Meta and the Data Center Bill of Rights

Khanna introduced the Data Center Bill of Rights to Congress in August. The resolution would ban facilities within 2,500 feet of homes, schools, childcare facilities, hospitals or nursing homes, allow communities to reject proposed data centers, prevent increased electricity fees or rate hikes, limit noise and light pollution, require data centers to disclose water consumption and redistribute tax revenue from the facilities back to the community. After the visit, Khanna sent a letter to Meta addressed to CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting a briefing on how Meta will revise its site selection process.