Board debates whether public health should study data‑center impacts on county resources
A community stakeholder urged the Board of Health to examine public‑health implications of data centers (water, power, noise); board members and staff questioned whether jurisdiction lies with planning/zoning but asked the speaker to return with comparative data and examples for further consideration.
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A community stakeholder raised a request that the Board of Health consider the public‑health implications of proposed data‑center development, citing water and power impacts and examples from other counties. "I wanna I wanna talk about data centers," the speaker said and asked whether public health could play a neutral, evidence‑based role in reviewing impacts.
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