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Council discusses cross‑jurisdictional opposition to proposed Orangetown data center
Summary
Officials and residents asked the council to weigh in on a proposed large data center in neighboring Orangetown amid concerns about noise, on‑site generation and regional impacts; mayor offered to attend Orangetown planning meetings and staff to draft a resolution if council directs.
Several residents and council members raised concerns about a proposed data center across the municipal border in Orangetown, describing potential noise and regional impacts. The mayor said he would attend upcoming Orangetown planning‑board meetings and the borough attorney offered to draft a resolution if the council provides specific objections.
During the discussion the mayor summarized residents' worries about the project's scale and energy footprint, saying at one point that proponents had described power demands "that this one building could actually power 80,000 homes." Members discussed coordinating with neighboring towns and legal avenues for raising objections on environmental and noise grounds. The council asked staff to gather resident concerns and to coordinate with councilman Boyse and the borough attorney for a draft resolution to consider at a future meeting.
