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Hood County residents press commissioners over proposed 'Project Spectrum' data center and tax abatements
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Hood County commissioners to delay or reject large tax abatements tied to 'Project Spectrum' (reported as Amazon Web Services), raising concerns about transparency, electricity costs, noise and lost local revenue; commissioners pledged further study while approving unrelated routine items.
Dozens of Hood County residents used the court's citizens' comment period to press commissioners for answers about a proposed large data center, referred to in the meeting as "Project Spectrum" and described by multiple speakers as an Amazon Web Services project.
Speakers pressed commissioners for specifics on any incentives, the facility footprint and environmental and community impacts. Janet Steenberg asked whether a proposed $120,000,000 road and toll project would benefit the county more than spending on schools and a community center. Meg Harrell said the project appeared to be an AWS facility and argued the county should not give a prospective multi‑billion‑dollar corporation taxpayer subsidies: "This is corporate…
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