A legal challenge involving Amazon’s proposed $4 billion data center in Wilmington may be nearing an end after attorneys told a federal judge they reached a tentative settlement.
The agreement came after a hearing this week in the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.
The lawsuit was filed by homeowners who live near the proposed development site and opposed city ordinances that cleared the way for the project. The settlement remains subject to final approval and additional court action before the case can be formally dismissed.
The proposed project would transform a 472-acre property into a massive cloud computing campus covering about 1.9 million square feet. Amazon has not publicly announced a construction schedule, and the tentative agreement does not guarantee immediate development. Instead, it pauses a legal dispute that had created uncertainty over the project’s future.
According to WLWT, attorneys representing both sides informed U.S. District Judge Matthew McFarland that they had reached a tentative agreement following arguments presented in federal court. The judge paused further proceedings while the parties finalize the settlement. The Cincinnati Enquirer also reported that negotiations continued as both sides worked toward resolving the dispute outside of a court ruling.
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