The site of the proposed Bessemer data center is currently a nearly 700-acre wooded plot. Construction would require the clearcutting of more than 100 acres. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News)
BESSEMER — Residents living around the site of a proposed 4.5 million-square-foot data center campus have a new ally in their fight against what they say is an unwanted and unneeded development: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In an open letter sent to Bessemer’s planning and zoning commission, representatives of the organization’s local, state and national offices expressed concerns about the proposal, called Project Marvel, and its implications for the surrounding community…