Citizens for Rural Coweta says that it is not against data centers, but argues that they should be placed in preexisting industrial areas to mitigate threats ranging from industrial sprawl and construction traffic, to pressure on local water supplies and air pollution from hundreds of on-site generators.
The group also has questioned a Prologis projection that the facility will generate $100 million a year in taxes to fund local services.
I hope they don’t fall for this, but …
everyone’s pro-environment when it’s their own back yard getting converted to concrete.
100 million a year in taxes? Fucking hah, they will get a 2 million dollar tax rebate from the local government