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Resident urges Bridgeport council to alert neighbors and oppose proposed hyperscale data centers in adjacent township
Summary
A Riverpoint resident with previous experience living near large data centers urged the borough to notify residents and send a formal protest to neighboring Upper Marian planners, citing air‑quality, infrasound, water‑use and property‑value concerns.
At public comment on June 9, Tasha Kelly, a new resident of Riverpoint, described living near large hyperscale data centers in other states and urged the Bridgeport council to take official steps to notify residents and oppose a proposed cluster of data centers planned across the borough boundary in Upper Marian Township.
Kelly said she experienced persistent indoor air‑quality problems and sleep disruption near existing hyperscale facilities and warned the council that a similar development could reduce property values and harm health and community cohesion. She urged the council to (1) notify Bridgeport residents about the Upper Marian proposal and (2) send an official letter of protest to Upper Marian planners and supervisors citing health, noise, air‑quality and water‑use concerns.
Councilmembers listened and thanked her for coming; the record shows her appeal as public comment but does not record council adopting a motion to send a letter or to take formal action on the matter during the June 9 meeting.
Why it matters: The proposed facilities are outside Bridgeport’s jurisdiction but close enough to generate local concern over cross‑border environmental and land‑use impacts. Residents may ask the borough for a formal intergovernmental response or coordinated review with Upper Marian Township in subsequent meetings.
