Concerns have been raised at Amazon's plans to develop three huge data centres in Central Scotland.
Not only do they consume huge amounts of power, but local groups are concerned that their demand for water will overpower their local supplies and infrastructure.
Local concerns come after it was revealed to residents that the developer of the site, the ILI group, had never booked any venue for public consultations.
Further, both East Ayrshire Council and the developers set out dates for residents to attend public consultations that were later cancelled with short notice.
Local mum Lisa Beacham said: “Councillors had been actively telling residents to make themselves available for these public consultations, but I’ve received confirmation that there were never any venue bookings made by the developer.”
Beacham’s concerns about the data centre are due to her daughter's severe additional needs, which require body-washing multiple times per day.
She said: “We need to know how this is going to affect the local community, as well as local people’s access to resources.
“If there came a day where I turned on my tap and there was no water running, what would I be expected to do?”
The new site, said to be called “Rufus Data Centre Campus”, would become part of a network of three Central Belt sites, with others located in Fife and North Lanarkshire.