'NO DATA CENTER': Residents rally against proposed data center development
News Clip2:32LEX18Β·Mercer County, Mercer County, KYΒ·2/17/2026
Residents in Mercer County, Kentucky are rallying against a proposed data center development, with an online petition gaining over 1,700 signatures ahead of a joint planning and zoning commission meeting. The grassroots opposition movement is concerned that the data center could permanently alter their rural way of life.
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Gov: Mercer County Board of Supervisors, Joint Planning and Zoning Commission
A grassroots opposition movement in Mercer County is gaining momentum as residents fight against a potential data center that they say could forever change their rural way of life.
An online petition against the proposed development has more than doubled in a week, now collecting over 1,700 signatures ahead of a joint planning and zoning commission meeting Wednesday night.
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