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Freestone County hears extensive public comment on proposed tax abatement for large data center
Summary
At a public hearing, developers outlined a multi‑phase data center project proposing a 50% tax abatement for 10 years and an initial $850,000 annual pilot payment to Freestone County; residents pressed the court on water use, noise, traffic and grid impacts, and developers offered mitigation plans and studies.
A public hearing in Freestone County on a proposed tax abatement with C1 Freestone 1 LLC drew detailed questions from commissioners and residents about water, noise, jobs and tax revenue.
Developer representatives told the court the project would start with roughly $600 million in real property improvements and could expand to more than $2 billion through subsequent phases. The company proposed a 50% split of tax revenues for the first 10 years and said the county would receive about $850,000 per year from the initial real‑property pilot payment, with additional revenue possible when tenants add personal property to the site.
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