- Anita and Sam Smith, who have lived on their Stark County farm for 43 years, are concerned about the potential impact of a proposed data center, including noise and water quality issues.
For 43 years, Anita and Sam Smith have called their Stark County farm home. Now, they worry a proposed data center next door could change the life they have spent decades building.
The couple raises livestock on the property and says they have concerns, including potential noise and how their well water could be affected.
The project, called the Midwest Digital Gateway, is being developed by Corscale, who say they specialize in developing “sustainable, energy-efficient” data centers. According to the company’s website, plans for this project call for approximately 1 million square feet of data center space across four two-story buildings…