The Mason Planning Commission is moving ahead with plans to make way for future data centers in the city, despite hearing fierce opposition from residents.
On Tuesday, residents from inside the city limits and neighboring areas packed a public hearing and applauded when commissioners rejected an amended zoning ordinance that would have paved the way for data centers.
But commissioners changed their minds shortly after many of the residents who had opposed the plan had left City Hall. A handful of residents stayed till the end and witnessed the final vote, including Christine Baxter, a Barnes Road resident who made it clear she was not pleased with the final vote…