Dave Matthews ties Canton mill closure to data center fight

Name: Dave Matthews ties Canton mill closure to data center fight
Uploaded: 2026-07-27T15:13:25.000Z
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Description: Dave Matthews discussed the community's struggle in Canton, North Carolina, following the closure of a paper mill that sustained the town for 115 years. The town is now actively opposing a proposed data center development, with Matthews connecting the mill's closure to the ongoing data center controversy, highlighting the community's distress.

News Clip1:03Cardinal & Pine·Canton, Haywood County, NC·7/27/2026

Dave Matthews discussed the community's struggle in Canton, North Carolina, following the closure of a paper mill that sustained the town for 115 years. The town is now actively opposing a proposed data center development, with Matthews connecting the mill's closure to the ongoing data center controversy, highlighting the community's distress.

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Canton is now fighting a proposed data center after already losing the paper mill that sustained the town for 115 years.

Introducing a song inspired by the documentary Paper Town, Dave Matthews said the mill was shut down after a new owner decided it would be more profitable to close it and push production to other facilities. He said the decision left the North Carolina community “pretty broken up.”