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Resident urges transparency on proposed data center; court directs questions to city
Summary
A resident told the Johnson County Quorum Court he was concerned that hearings and information about a proposed data center occurred without adequate notice, citing water and electricity impacts; the court said jurisdictional questions belong to the city and pointed to upcoming city meetings.
During the public comment period a resident (speaker 5) raised concerns about a proposed data center development and said he had not seen adequate public notice prior to construction. He cited worries other communities have experienced, including the site's "tremendous amount of water" and "tremendous amount of electricity" usage, and urged transparency.
The Chair (speaker 2) and other court members advised the resident that land-use and utility regulation for that project is handled by the city, not the quorum court, and directed him to attend an upcoming city council meeting and a question-and-answer session that was scheduled to follow. A court member (speaker 3) noted that public hearings had occurred several years earlier and suggested some residents may have missed announcements.
The resident said he had submitted six written questions and hoped they would be answered at the city meeting; court members encouraged him to pursue those city processes and thanked him for speaking during public comment.
The court did not take any formal action on the data center, and members indicated the matter remained under city jurisdiction.
