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Residents raise health and air-quality concerns about proposed data centers at Apex public forum
Summary
Multiple residents at the Feb. 24 public forum urged the council to consider air-quality, noise and water impacts from proposed hyperscale data centers and backup generators; commenters cited studies on PM2.5 and recommended fuller public information and local analysis.
At the Apex Town Council meeting on Feb. 24, several residents used the public forum to press the town on potential health, air-quality and resource impacts from planned hyperscale data centers.
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