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Residents tell Franklin County commission data-center incentives will not deliver promised school revenue
Summary
Public commenters at a Franklin County Commission meeting warned that state tax rules and Chapter 100 abatements mean hyperscale data centers often do not produce the large local school revenues developers promise, and urged commissioners to protect nearby homes and the county master plan.
Residents told Franklin County commissioners that proposed hyperscale data centers would impose lasting impacts on farmland, nearby homes and county services while delivering little of the promised local tax revenue.
"They get our land, they get our water, they strain our electrical grid," said April Reisenhoover, who identified herself during the public-comment period and urged the commission to "protect the future of Franklin County." She told commissioners that, under Missouri law and common incentive programs, large data centers frequently qualify for Chapter 100 tax…
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