Meadowland Village residents have 3 months to move ahead of a proposed data center

Residents of Meadowland Village, a mobile home park in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, are facing forced relocation within three months. This directive comes after a Fortune 50 company submitted a proposal to construct a data center on over 2,000 acres of farmland adjacent to the residential area. Pastor Greg Jones, a seven-year resident, and Roger Purcell are among those impacted. They received letters from their landlord indicating the park is under contract with a potential buyer. The project developer has offered each resident $20,000 to cover moving expenses, an amount deemed insufficient by residents like Jones, Purcell, and Rico Roberts. Concerns were raised about the scarcity of available trailer courts, the high cost of moving or rebuilding homes, and the challenges of finding land compliant with Mason County ordinances that restrict mobile homes to rural residential or agricultural zones, as well as the additional expenses for water, electricity, and sewage infrastructure.