Arkansas Advocate reporter shares findings on Clarksville data center | Full Interview

1. Clip 1 · 0:21 Clarksville City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official Questioning auto captions, unchecked

   Zoning Power & Grid Water

   Officials and speakers in Clarksville, AR address municipal data center zoning, grid capacity, and community impacts.

   "what #39;s going on with the Server Farm Data Center. So let #39;s start with um an overview of this project there in Clarksville. Um, where is it going to go in town? Who is building it and, and how much, what #39;s the price tag on this thing? Yeah, so right now it is going up uh directly next to the Johnson County Medical Center. It #39;s being built by Server Farm, which is a California based company."

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   Community members and local officials in Clarksville, AR weigh water supply, electricity rates, and neighborhood buffer rules.

   "as the benefits of this data center. Mhm. So last week, um, at the, the Clarksville City Council, they were supposed to, to discuss a quote unquote community benefits package, um, similar to what we #39;ve seen in West Memphis to what we #39;ve seen in, in other places, um, That was pulled off the agenda before the meeting started. And so, when, when we #39;re talking about community benefits and what, what is kind of known at this point,"

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