Residents press supervisors over planned data centers as Fluidstack presents Progress Park project
Residents told the Wythe County Board of Supervisors they oppose hyperscale data centers and demanded safeguards on water, land use and transparency. Fluidstack’s representative described a closed‑loop cooling system, estimated daily water use 'equivalent of about seven homes' and the company secured a Board estoppel confirming Progress Park covenant compliance.
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Chair James D. “Jamie” Smith opened the Wythe County Board of Supervisors’ June 9 meeting, which featured an extended Citizens’ Time dominated by opposition to proposed data centers and a presentation by Fluidstack about the Progress Park project that the company calls Solis Arx.
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