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Residents tell Richland County commissioners they want clarity and a moratorium on proposed Franklin Township data center
Summary
Pam Taylor and other residents told commissioners May 12 they oppose a proposed Energy Acres data center near Franklin Township, said a petition has grown quickly and urged action; commissioners replied counties lack authority to impose countywide moratoria and noted the mayor had ended talks with the developer.
At the May 12 meeting of the Richland County Board of Commissioners, Pam Taylor, an organizer of a local petition group, told the board residents are concerned about a proposed data center and ancillary development announced to Franklin Township residents in mid‑April.
Taylor said a Facebook group and an organizing petition grew rapidly after a presentation by Sean Cutter of Energy Acres on April 15. She told the board the local group now has about 750 members and that petition organizers…
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