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Resident raises health and environmental concerns over proposed Yellowbox data center near Oak Meadows
Summary
Melissa Connor, a resident of Oak Meadows Subdivision, asked the Mount Carmel City Council to record concerns about a proposed 40-megawatt Yellowbox data center less than a mile from her home, citing potential noise, air-quality, water-use and energy impacts and urging independent study and public transparency.
Melissa Connor, a resident of the Oak Meadows Subdivision, told the Mount Carmel City Council on the meeting’s public-comment period that she is concerned about a proposed Yellowbox data center sited less than a mile from her home.
Connor said the facility she reviewed in public filings would be a 40-megawatt data center operating continuously and that facilities of that size use substantial electricity and water and rely on industrial cooling and standby generators. "This type of constant noise ... has potential to cause some health issues in people that do live close by," she said, adding that studies she reviewed…
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