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Residents at St. Louis County listening session urge board to oppose proposed data center, question NDAs
Summary
Residents near the proposed Greater Duluth data center told the St. Louis County board they oppose the project because of traffic, noise, environmental and property-value impacts. Several speakers also criticized commissioners— use of nondisclosure agreements and called for more transparency after a contentious prior meeting.
St. Louis County residents urged the County Board to oppose a proposed data center in the Greater Duluth area and criticized commissioners— use of nondisclosure agreements at a listening session Monday morning.
Jeffrey Donahue, who said he lives at 5540 Pine Hill Road in Midway Township, told the board, "I am against the data center," and urged officials to survey northern residents about the project. Donahue said related preparatory work — including property purchases and a new substation — suggested the development was being advanced without adequate public input and that signed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) by commissioners were "unethical."
The speakers said the facility would be "heavy…
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