By the end of a three-hour Hillsboro City Council meeting marked by extended debate and testimony, officials still had not said how they would handle the contentious issue of data center expansion in the Oregon community.
As the Hillsboro News-Times reported, long-frustrated residents left the marathon session still unsure of how city leaders plan to proceed.
What happened?
The June 2 meeting’s first hour was spent on council discussion of data centers before shifting into about two hours of heated public testimony, per the News-Times.
The outlet reported that around 40 residents asked the city to halt additional development, citing worries about land and farmland, water use, energy costs, pollution, and the limited number of permanent jobs…