A worker on a data center project for Facebook parent company Meta in Utah was fired after admitting to tying a noose at the worksite where racist graffiti had also been found months earlier.

11月，涂鸦写在便携式厕所上，威胁要“杀死[种族诽谤]一天。”这两项事件都促使承包商M.A. Mortenson Co.暂时停止在Eagle Mountain遗址工作。它提供了100,000美元的信息奖励，以帮助确定负责绞索的人。

“Mortenson’s priority is the safety and welfare of our team members and everyone on our projects,” the company said in a statement. “Along with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, we have been investigating a noose recently found at the Eagle Mountain project site. We stopped work on the project to immediately and directly address this matter with all team members and project partners, and to ensure the well-being of our workforce.”

离开绞索的工人是Southland Industries的雇员，Southland Industries是该项目的大型机械，电气和管道分包商。两家公司没有命名解雇工人，但说该个人自愿挺身而出，并re悔。

该公司在一份声明中说：“南国长期以来一直对任何形式的歧视，种族主义或骚扰保持零容忍政策。”

中士警长办公室的公共信息官斯宾塞·坎农（Spencer Cannon）表示，当局不会预期提出任何指控。

Several cases of racist graffiti and nooses at construction sites have gained attention in the past few years, although it’s not clear whether they are part of a new trend or simply receiving more notice amid increased attention to racial discrimination.

去年，在康涅狄格州亚马逊的仓库项目上工作暂时停止八个绞索were found on the site within a month, ENR previously reported. In another case, someone wrote racist graffiti in the office of an African-American foreman working on an expansion of theLas Vegas Convention Centerin 2020, prompting an internal investigation by the project team.

根据当地新闻媒体的说法爱荷华州andOhio.在大多数情况下，没有公开识别负责人。

元发言人在一份声明中说，该公司正在与总承包商合作，以实施有助于防止其项目现场的种族主义行为的措施。Meta为其美国数据中心建设地点发起了多样性和包容性运动，它要求项目中的总承包商遵守无骚扰和歧视的行为守则。新利18备用网址

梅塔（Meta）十亿美元以上的鹰山数据中心（Eagle Mountain Data Center）于2018年破土动工，并于去年开业。甚至在完成之前，该公司宣布将使用另外两座建筑物扩展中心。它预计将有多达1,500名工人为该项目做出贡献。Mortenson估计数据中心的当前工作将于2023年完成。