Police partnerships with ICE, Housatonic Water Works, Westfield denies data center
Westfield's planning board denied an extension for a proposed hyperscale data center, effectively ending the stalled project. The panel discussed the decision in the context of growing public resistance to data center development.
A proposed hyperscale data center in Westfield, Massachusetts, is no longer moving forward after the Westfield Planning Board denied the developer's request to extend its permit. The decision ends a stalled project and runs counter to the broader trend of data center proposals advancing despite community concerns.
The Westfield decision was discussed on NEPM's The Rundown alongside separate issues involving Housatonic Water Works and law enforcement data-sharing with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Panelists included Jonathan Gerhardson of The Shoestring, Berkshire Eagle editor Greg Sukiennik and Harvard fellow Adam Hinds.