What you need to know:
- A borough plan to help a private company attract investors to build a data center or other large industrial facility on borough land is on hold after Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries vetoed a resolution supporting it.
- It will be revived only if at least five Assembly members vote to override the veto Tuesday. DeVries said she chose to veto the measure because the borough could be put at risk by partnering with a private company before full vetting.
- The resolution approved earlier this month would direct borough staff to help Terra Energy Center Corp. market borough land near Big Lake, Port MacKenzie or the proposed West Susitna Access Road to companies interested in building and operating data centers or other large power-using industries. Terra wants to secure a large energy user as part of a plan to build a new coal-powered energy plant near Skwentna.
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PALMER — A Mat-Su Assembly plan to help a private company find investors and developers to build a large data center or other high-tech facility on borough-owned land is on hold after a resolution supporting it was vetoed last week by Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Edna DeVries.
The plan can only go forward if at least five Assembly members vote to override the veto during a regular Assembly meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
The resolution supporting the plan was sponsored by Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly members Ron Bernier and Dmitri Fonov. It was approved 5-2 during a regular meeting March 2, with Assembly members Michael Bowles and Stephanie Nowers voting no…