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PA Residents Oppose Amazon Data Center Project Amidst Eminent Domain Threats

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Residents in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, are opposing a proposed 1,300-acre data center project, known as Project Hazelnut, by NorthPoint Development. The developer offered a $10,000 incentive to eligible households for their agreement, but many residents have rejected it due to concerns about secrecy and the project's scale. Investigations by locals revealed that Amazon Web Services is likely the end-user, despite attempts to keep its involvement covert due to contractual issues. Additionally, some residents, including Erika Cook, are fighting eminent domain threats from PPL Electric Utilities, which plans to build a high-voltage power line to supply the data center, raising further concerns about property values and health risks. AI

IMPACT Local opposition and legal challenges may delay or alter the deployment of large-scale data center infrastructure crucial for AI development.

RANK_REASON Article discusses a local community's opposition to a data center development and its associated infrastructure, including eminent domain actions, rather than a core AI release or research.

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PA Residents Oppose Amazon Data Center Project Amidst Eminent Domain Threats

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    Meet the ‘mini Erin Brockoviches’ fighting off eminent domain—and the shadow of Amazon—as a data center hands out $10,000 to their neighbors

    Rural Pennsylvanians are protesting a proposed 1,300-acre data center called Project Hazelnut — not Amazon, as documents suggest.

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