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Residents press Sioux Falls council over proposed data center, demand more transparency and a ballot option
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to halt or impose conditions on a proposed 500 MW data center, raising concerns about energy use, water, health effects, local housing and transparency; organizers said they have a petition to take rezoning to a public vote.
Dozens of Sioux Falls residents used the public-comment portion of the Jan. 20 council meeting to press elected officials on a proposed large data center and to demand more transparency and a public referendum on rezoning.
Sarah Coop, who opened the public-comment portion on the topic, said she objects to the project on several grounds, including public-health and environmental risks tied to electromagnetic fields (EMF), unknown ownership, and water and electricity consumption. “We don’t know who’s owning it. We don’t know who’s utilizing it,” Coop said, asserting concerns about EMF and other health risks; the transcript records the concerns as…
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