The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning Board voted Thursday to recommend denying a rezoning request for a proposed hyperscale data center in Rural Hall.
The decision was met with applause from the residents who packed the meeting room (an overflow) to voice opposition to the development.
The request, submitted by The Drox Group, would allow the construction of a hyperscale data center on 129 acres of land across from the Rural Hall Town Hall…