Data center blocked over water-poisoning myth cost community billions in taxes
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-11-11
Dan Jeffries calls this a deeply tragic case of mass hysteria.
- A woman helped block a data center over imaginary problems like "poisoning local water" — which the author says literally does not exist as a real issue
- The project would have brought tens of billions in local taxes to a lot empty for 24 years after a mall closed
- The struggling community had already lost a Six Flags, and the Washington Commanders are leaving
- After blocking it, she asked the same struggling community for a "roof fund" to fix her father's house
- Noise could have been a concern (if diesel generators were used), but addressable with simple requirements like sound walls
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