Residents urge Rural Hall council to oppose Project Iron Spur data center

Apr 13, 2026

Dozens of Rural Hall residents urged the Town Council to oppose a proposed large-scale data center ("Project Iron Spur") adjacent to town limits, citing noise, light, air pollution, risks to vulnerable residents and potential impacts on churches and the elementary school.

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Dozens of residents used the council’s public-comment period to press elected officials to oppose Project Iron Spur, a proposed hyperscale data center on land just outside Rural Hall’s corporate limits. Speakers who live within a few hundred to 1,000 feet of the site described concerns about continuous noise and vibration, bright lighting, emissions and loss of small‑town character.

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