{"id":3119,"date":"2026-03-11T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:48:45","slug":"fort-meade-commissioners-slow-down-data-center-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3119","title":{"rendered":"Fort Meade Commissioners Slow Down Data Center Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What was originally billed as a planned vote on a development agreement to advance the proposed data center in an industrial park on Fort Meade’s north side turned into a further delay on any decision Tuesday night.
What changed was a decision by city staff to make the vote the first reading of an ordinance, which requires no vote, instead of a resolution, which does.
That means the vote will not occur until April 14 at the soonest.
The development agreement lays out some actions Stonebridge, the site’s developer, and the city must take in preparation for the project to undergo further review for potential development approval.
There has been widespread opposition to the project, which forced city officials to move the meeting from City Hall to the Community Center to accommodate a roomful of critics.
Speaker after speaker listed concerns about the project’s effects on the water supply. the general environment and their quality of life.
They mentioned the potential for hazardous chemical spills, the noise the center and its backup generators will create and the lack of baseline data to track the project’s environmental effects.
Some speakers suggested that commissioners visit an existing data center to find out how it affects nearby property owners and residents before they vote.
Ancient Islands Sierra has not taken a formal position on the data center, but Chair Tom Palmer urged commissioners to consider the noise and pollution issues, whether sewage from the site will have to be pretreated for hazardous chemicals and the effects of light pollution on the nearby section of the Florida Wildlife Corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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