Residents in Piedmont express frustration over revised data center proposal
Piedmont city leaders met to discuss a revised data center project proposal from Cloverleaf Infrastructure and Cimarron Project Company, which included environmental concessions and community investments. Despite these changes, residents expressed strong opposition, citing concerns about peace, tranquility, and healthy living. The city council is currently reviewing the project's zoning.
Piedmont city leaders convened a meeting to review a revised data center project proposed by Cloverleaf Infrastructure and Cimarron Project Company. The developers presented several amendments to their original planned unit development, aiming to address community concerns. These changes include strict adherence to the city's sound ordinance, with noise limits set at 60 decibels during the day and 50 decibels at night, and the removal of plans for a natural gas plant on the site near Frisco and Moffat roads. Additionally, the company pledged not to drill water wells on the property.
Cloverleaf Infrastructure also announced significant community commitments, including a $1 million donation to Piedmont's Community Foundation and a total investment of $10 million. The company further offered to purchase homes and properties immediately adjacent to the data center site at market value for residents wishing to relocate.
Despite these concessions and investments, local residents attending the meeting voiced strong opposition to the project. Many expressed frustration that their previous concerns seemed unaddressed, with one resident stating, "There are thousands of people that come forward and expressed concern and disapproval of this, and it seems to me that you are not interested in what we are saying." Another resident highlighted the long-term impacts, remarking, "My grandparents' generation paid the price for the lack of foresight of the generations before them." The meeting highlighted ongoing community pushback against the proposed data center.