Plans to convert hundreds of acres of local farmland into a data center in Cass County are facing opposition from residents who fear it will dramatically reduce their property values. “You can hear the tree frogs here, the animals,” said Chad Buck, a resident of the Grand Oak Farms neighborhood. Buck described the community as a “little pocket community. There’s one entrance and one exit, and it’s to our street and Third.” The proposed site for the data center is a 500-acre field. “What really caused a lot of concern was the location of the building that the developer had proposed, you know, a 350,000 square foot building within 50 feet or just feet of, you know, what we call 0 land,” Buck said. explained. Diode, the development company, provided renderings of what the data center would look like. However, Brian Lincoln, who visited a similar data center in Nebraska, had a different perspective. “Buildings disappeared into the sea of power poles,” Lincoln said. Lincoln added that the 150-foot towers and the constant hum of the generators had driven everyone away. “This is what Peculiar will look like when it’s finished,” Lincoln warned. The Peculiar City Council recently met to vote on rezoning the land. However, the decision was returned to a planning and zoning committee. The board plans to reconsider the measure in August. Residents want three main changes to the plan: a respectable buffer zone, hidden power poles and a solution to noise pollution.
PECULIAR, Missouri —
Plans to convert hundreds of acres of local farmland into a data center in Cass County are facing opposition from residents who fear it will dramatically reduce their property values.
“You can hear the tree frogs here, the animals,” said Chad Buck, a resident of the Grand Oak Farms neighborhood.
Buck described the community as a “little pocket community. There’s one entrance and one exit, and it’s to our street and Third.”
The proposed site for the data center is a 500-acre field.
“What really caused a lot of concern was the location of the building that the developer had proposed, you know, a 350,000 square foot building within 50 feet or just feet of, you know, what we call 0 land,” Buck said. explained.
Diode, the development company, provided renderings of what the data center would look like.
However, Brian Lincoln, who visited a similar data center in Nebraska, had a different perspective.
“Buildings disappeared into the sea of power poles,” Lincoln said.
Lincoln added that the 150-foot towers and the constant hum of the generators had driven everyone away.
“This is what Peculiar will look like when it’s finished,” Lincoln warned.
The Peculiar City Council recently met to vote on rezoning the land.
However, the decision was returned to a planning and zoning committee.
The board plans to reconsider the measure in August.
Residents want three main changes to the plan: a respectable buffer zone, hidden power poles and a solution to noise pollution.
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