New Albany residents express mixed opinions over incoming Microsoft data center
New Albany City Council approval of 100 percent 15 to 30 year Community Reinvestment Area property tax abatements for Meta, Google, and Amazon Web Services (October 2, 2024).
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New Albany residents express mixed opinions over incoming Microsoft data center
New Albany City Council · October 2, 2024
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- Clip 1 · 0:19 New Albany Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedTax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
Developer representatives and economic development officials pitch capital investment, jobs, tax agreements, and utility infrastructure before New Albany City Council.
"Central Ohio, joining companies like Intel, Amazon, and Google. All playing a role into turning Ohio into the Silicon Heartland and contributing to Central Ohio's explosive growth. Thanks for joining us tonight at 6:00. I'm Yolanda Harris. I'm Andrew Kinsey, and with the growth in boomtown comes challenges. These data centers absorb massive amounts of electricity and provide very few jobs."
- Clip 2 · 0:58 New Albany City Council Member Elected Official In support auto captions, uncheckedTax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
New Albany City Council members review zoning, tax abatement terms, water allocation, and grid capacity during the approval proceedings.
"be the home of Microsoft's next project. And for some, the energy and resource use isn't the only concern they have. The wheels of progress continue to turn in Central Ohio, but that progress rarely happens without disrupting those around it. The sounds of a massive construction project echo through this subdivision built long before any of this was out here. Now, Microsoft's"
- Clip 3 · 2:14 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Public commenters and local stakeholders raise questions regarding municipal water draw, tax revenue exemptions, power transmission, and long term community impacts.
"they do. Data centers also consume a lot of power. According to real estate company Newmark, the largest consume enough electricity to power 80,000 homes. That requires new infrastructure by AEP and the power company wants them to pay for almost all of the projected power usage for the first 10 years of operation, even if they don't use it. AEP's argument is that if companies like"
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