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Residents raise water-use and job concerns over proposed Progress Park data center
Summary
Multiple Wythe County residents urged the board to reconsider the county's embrace of a data center in Progress Park, citing water-consumption estimates, job-count concerns and environmental mapping gaps. Speakers asked for stronger local controls and more public hearings.
Marcy Zahn, a county resident, told the Wythe County Board of Supervisors that the new data center under construction at Progress Park will use a closed-loop cooling system and that she understands "the anticipated average daily water consumption will be approximately 2,000 gallons per day." Zahn used that figure to argue the facility's water use is modest compared with other local businesses and that some opposition to the project has been misplaced.
At citizens' time on May 12, speakers on both sides of the project urged the board to weigh long-term consequences for jobs, the environment…
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