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Residents raise environmental, health and immigration concerns over proposed Google data center
Summary
More than a dozen citizens urged the Fort Wayne council to halt or more tightly regulate a proposed Google data center (Project Zodiac), citing wetlands loss, water quality, PFAS concerns, utility-costs, tax abatements and demands to limit collaboration with ICE; speakers called for moratoriums and stronger community oversight.
A lengthy public-comment period at the Jan. 27 Fort Wayne Common Council meeting was dominated by opposition to a proposed Google data center (referred to in testimony as Project Zodiac) and by calls to limit local cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE).
Speakers representing neighborhoods and community groups described environmental and public-health concerns, citing wetlands destruction, stormwater and flood risk, potential PFAS/PFA contamination and higher utility…
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