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kentuck

(116,068 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 03:58 PM 5 hrs ago

An update on the Data Center in Appalachia...

...in SE Kentucky, more specifically.

They had a meeting at the Courthouse today and it drew a large crowd, most of them against the construction on HWY 92.

The owner of the property was there. They agreed to stop all construction for the time being. They will have another meeting in a couple of weeks.

This is personal for me. It is where I was born. It is where my family is buried.

They are attempting to get a 2-year moratorium on any Data Center in Bell County, KY.

This is blood red Trump country.

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An update on the Data Center in Appalachia... (Original Post) kentuck 5 hrs ago OP
Here is a link to the meeting today: kentuck 5 hrs ago #1
go for 20 years Tetrachloride 4 hrs ago #2
Knowing the history of coal mines and exploitation for many, many years... kentuck 4 hrs ago #3
indeed. the key to the Pyramids Tetrachloride 28 min ago #7
Thank you, kentuck! calimary 3 hrs ago #4
Good luck to you...even though your neighbors are rotten to the core. Lucky Luciano 3 hrs ago #5
I live in Colorado right now and all my neighbors are very good people... kentuck 3 hrs ago #6

kentuck

(116,068 posts)
3. Knowing the history of coal mines and exploitation for many, many years...
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:39 PM
4 hrs ago

This is extraordinary! To see the people stand up like this in a deep red county, is encouraging, to say the least.

kentuck

(116,068 posts)
6. I live in Colorado right now and all my neighbors are very good people...
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:09 PM
3 hrs ago

...but I have been thinking of moving back to the hills of Kentucky.

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