Residents and commissioners raise concerns over proposed utility-scale solar projects and possible data-center ties

During public comment and agenda discussion, a resident questioned whether proposed utility-scale solar projects in the county would include colocated data centers or sell power to data-center operators. The speaker said they asked a project representative in the hallway and were told the utility-scale project was bidding with CTS and that a subsidiary of Meta had agreed to purchase 100% of the project's environmental attributes. The commenter said that, while the solar project indicated it had no current plan for an on-site colocated data center, those environmental-attribute purchases raised concerns about local benefits and tax abatements.