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Council questions Markley data center diesel storage and community transparency; staff seeks quarterly reporting
Summary
City sustainability staff told the Lowell Sustainability Council that Markley’s planned on-site emergency generators and diesel storage prompted calls for greater transparency and neighborhood safeguards; Markley agreed to quarterly meetings with city staff.
City sustainability staff updated the Lowell Sustainability Council on ongoing conversations with Markley, a large data center operator, about on-site emergency generation, diesel storage and neighborhood concerns. Catherine said Markley had sought authorization and permitting steps for emergency generators and fuel storage and that the city council required Markley to work with the sustainability division as a condition of permitting activity.
Catherine told the council she had reviewed Markley’s application materials and permits filed with state regulators and that Markley’s estimate of emissions from its emergency generators is less than 1% (one speaker later referenced…
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