Advisory board has questions about small-scale data center in Wrangell

Wrangell’s economic development board, which advises the assembly, has raised several questions about a possible borough land lease for a California-based company to build and operate a small-scale data center.

The board voted 5-0 on Jan. 5 to recommend the assembly move forward with the lease for one or two acres at the former 6-Mile Mill property, but not until board members added several issues that they believe the assembly needs to consider.

Those include any water discharge from the data center, the potential for noise and light pollution, whether the borough would receive any sales tax...

 
 

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