MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Residents opposed a proposed data center in northern Mobile County in Monday’s Mobile County Commission meeting, demanding answers about a project they fear could change their community.
Matt Mathews to be a part of grand opening for Mobile’s Regions Arena
The proposed development from Beacon Data Centers would include a 95-acre Infrastructure Hub on a 650-acre industrial parcel off Highway 43 in Calvert. The company has said the project would bring hundreds of jobs to the area.
But residents told commissioners they are more concerned about the potential impact on their quality of life than the economic benefits.
“We need to stand up, the whole Mobile County, the whole state needs to stand up against this,” said Linda Peru, a concerned resident…