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Richland County commissioners say city dropped data-center annexation as resident urges caution
Summary
A Richland County resident told commissioners she lives near a proposed data center and fears health and quality-of-life impacts; commissioners said Mansfield declined to pursue annexation and emphasized the county has no deal with the project's developer, disputing job estimates the developer publicized.
A Richland County resident told the Board of Commissioners that she lives about a quarter mile from a proposed data center and raised concerns about potential impacts on her special-needs child and the neighborhood.
"Long story short, I live a quarter of a mile from it. And I have a special needs child," the resident said, asking the board for a statement about the project.
Commissioners responded that the city of Mansfield indicated it would not pursue the annexation needed for the project and that, without…
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