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Residents urge Franklin County commissioners to slow data‑center rezonings over health, environment and fiscal concerns
Summary
Multiple residents told the Franklin County Commission that proposed hyperscale data centers threaten farmland, water, air quality and local finances and urged more studies, town halls and a pause to rezonings and Chapter 100 incentives.
At a Franklin County Commission meeting, residents delivered consecutive public comments urging commissioners to slow or halt proposed rezonings and incentives for hyperscale data centers, citing environmental, health and fiscal concerns.
Residents repeatedly asked for independent impact studies and more public engagement. Nancy Watson invited commissioners to visit family properties near proposed sites and asked whether environmental reviews by the Department of Natural Resources, the Conservation Commission and the state Department of Transportation have been completed; she also requested that the deadline for submitting materials for the May 18 hearing be extended.
Roxanne Nicodemo cited the Missouri Sunshine Law and asked the commission to explain how current…
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