After hours of testimony on Tuesday, El Paso city leaders chose not to pursue an effort to unwind the tax incentive deal connected to Meta’s planned data center in Northeast El Paso.
Public comment lasted more than nine hours, according to KVIA.
With council chambers overflowing and audience members booing some speakers, the fight over the project became a flashpoint in a broader debate about what large-scale AI facilities could mean for the communities around them.
What happened
183 people registered to speak, and attendance climbed past 220 earlier in the day, leaving the chamber over capacity as comments stretched late into the session…