A permit application to build a $1.6 billion data center in Cleveland has been rejected.
The proposed data center was described as a two-story, 300,000-square-foot “state-of-the-art, hyperscale facility” that would have been constructed on a 35-acre site in Slavic Village, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. Signal Cleveland reports Mayor Justin Bibb announced the rejection in a social media posting, stating the application failed to pass the zoning review process.
“Mayor Bibb has serious concerns about hyperscale, standalone data centers being placed in residential neighborhoods,” said the mayor’s office in a statement.
The Lakeland Equity Group, the project’s developer, issued a statement expressing disappointment in “this abrupt action by the city” but vowed to press ahead.
“We are considering our options for immediate next steps,” said the company. “We look forward to continuing to work with local government officials and community residents to help everyone consider this important, job-creating project’s merits.”
Everyone, persons, and households in close proximity and beyond should receive the majority of the proposed funds and the
profits generated by the data center. This should be the rule of thumb for every proposed data center and every polluting company across the USA. There is a lot of pollution these few big, greedy companies leave behind for the rest of us, and the majority of people have to live with and clean up. The CEO’s they will still make money, maybe not greedy money, but still good money.