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

Wilson County Board of Commissioners · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Public commenters and a commissioner raised questions about utility-scale solar projects, including whether power or environmental attributes would benefit data centers and whether companies connected to those projects should receive county tax abatements; an estimated infrastructure reimbursement figure was discussed for related road and line work.

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…

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