Residents urge caution on data center water use, raise PFAS and community-center concerns

Sep 2, 2026

During citizen comments residents warned that a proposed data center plans to use public water and sewer amid drought conditions, urged that filtration be studied to prevent PFAS contamination, and raised questions about a developer's unfulfilled promise for a community center tied to that same project.

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At the meeting's citizen-comment period, Mrs. Pryor told the board she reviewed a site plan for a proposed data center and said it appeared the project would draw from public water and sewer at a time the community is experiencing drought. She also raised a separate concern that the same developer had previously proposed a community center behind apartments that has not been fulfilled.

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