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Residents press Wythe County to scrutinize proposed data center; staff schedules public meeting and reports broadband progress
Summary
During Citizens Time, residents urged the board to slow consideration of a proposed data center citing electricity use, noise, traffic and limited local jobs. County staff said a community meeting with the data center developer is being scheduled and provided an update on buried-cable broadband work in multiple service areas.
Speakers during Citizens Time urged the board to require fuller community input and stronger safeguards before approving a large data center proposal.
Sherry Burris told the board she is not against technology but opposes placing a large data center in the county without fully considering long-term costs to the community. Burris said data centers "consume enormous amount of electricity," strain infrastructure, create noise…
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