ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) – Dozens of Alachua residents gathered to express concerns about rumors of a data center moving in along U.S. 441, spending hours speaking against the potential development even though the issue was not officially on the agenda.
The rumors began with an online real estate listing by Eric Ligman on My Gainesville Realty dot com. The listing currently calls the 104-acre property near the San Felasco Tech City a large-scale industrial redevelopment and manufacturing campus opportunity. The property was once an Energizer battery plant.
Many at the meeting were concerned because the website’s URL reads high-megawatt-data-center-development-site. Online archive tools indicate the name of the listing has changed…