Spartanburg residents sue over data center approval process
Spartanburg County residents have filed a lawsuit against an unnamed data center developer and the county government. They allege that the developer skirted public review for a $2.8 billion data center and natural gas generation project by using smaller permits. The residents claim they were excluded from the approval process.
A group of Spartanburg County residents has initiated legal action against a data center developer and the Spartanburg County government. The lawsuit targets a proposed $2.8 billion data center project, which also includes natural gas generation facilities.
The plaintiffs contend that the developer deliberately circumvented the standard public review process by utilizing smaller permits, thereby avoiding public scrutiny for the large-scale development. They allege that this approach effectively shut them out of the project's approval procedures.