Proposed New Hill data center

Compared the proposed data center's lithium battery fire risk to the 2006 EQ plant explosion, warning an evacuation today would dwarf the 30,000 residents affected then.

Cited ASHRAE and ISO standards to argue the developer's sound engineer misled the town about acceptable dBC noise levels, and urged the council to reject developer recommendations.

Detailed the site's roughly 80,000 gallons of diesel fuel and monthly generator testing, urging the council to look past renderings and reject the project.

Compared AI development to the Manhattan Project and raised cybersecurity, deepfake, and environmental harms, asking the council to protect residents' health.

A Fuquay-Varina resident warned the data center would deplete and pollute the Cape Fear River basin and criticized secrecy, NDAs, and lack of independent studies.

Explained how special purpose vehicles shield data center assets from property taxes and liability, urging the town to require bonds or upfront payments.

Calculated the 300-megawatt data center would use more power annually than the entire town of Cary, and said developers should never write the town's UDO.

Representing the Protect Wake County Coalition, said volunteers have prepared about 20 data center recommendations and a definition to share with the council and Planning Board.

A 28-year resident who fought groundwater pollution in upstate New York urged the council to vote no on the data center, warning the decision will follow them.