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MEDIA & FLYERSZoning & Planning Links / Documents:
- 03/13/26 Rezoning Application – Proposed Data Center in Mason County – Posted on Maysville-Mason County Zoning Page
- 02/27/26 Data Center Zoning Text Amendment Proposal – Final Draft (John Estill Version)
- Data center developer sues Simpson County KY government over land use ordinance (Conditional Use Permit)
- Data Center Text Amendment DRAFT #2 (PDF)
- KY Resources Council MODEL DATA CENTER SITING ORDINANCE (released 01/07/26)
- Data Center Zoning Public Information Page
- Data Center Zoning Text Amendment DRAFT #1 (PDF)
- Data Center FAQ – Provided by Tyler McHugh on 10/30/2025
- Hobbs, Story by Bonnie. “Data Center Tax Revenue versus Quality of Life.” Fairfax Mobile, 31 Jan. 2024
- Liang, Peng, et al. “Effect of Low-Frequency Noise Exposure on Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – BMC Public Health.” SpringerLink, BioMed Central, 9 Jan. 2024
- Stacy Shaw & Dr. John Lyver. “Scientific Study Says Data Center Noise Would Hinder Operations at Bristow, Gainesville Schools.” Bristow Beat, Bristow Beat, 4 Feb. 2023
Links to Noise Issues:
- News Nation: Data Center Noise Unbearable
- Datacenters Behaving Like Acoustic Weapons – Benn Jordan – Infrasound
- Amazon Data Center – Tanner Way, Manassas VA – Noise Sample
- Crypto Mine Noise in Texas Town
- Wilmington OH – Acoustical Analysis of Amazon Web Services Data Center Permit
- INCV – Data Center noise – a smarter approach to a global problem
- A Guide to Data Center Noise Control – Our Fiscal Court should conduct a noise mitigation study like this one! (Including low frequence noise)
- Science of Data Center Noise
- Dr. Lyver Data Center Noise Study
- Guidance on Environmental Noise (WHO – World Health Organization)
- Low Frequency Sound: Psychological Impact on Humans
- The Quiet Harm: How Constant Noise from Data Centers Threatens Our Natural Environment
- The Role of Sound in Livestock Farming – Excessive noise can significantly affect the health and behavior of farm animals
- The Negative Effects of Data Centers on Horses & Horse Farms
- Understanding the impact of data center noise pollution
- Data centers are noisy as hell
Letters to the Editor:
- 07/01/26 The Ledger-Independent: Letter-to-the-Editor by Janet Garrison – Clear the Air About Lawsuits
- 02/14/26 The Ledger-Independent: Letter-to-the-Editor by Janet Garrison
- 01/2026 – TC Natural Gas Pipeline Issues by Gail Lincoln (In-Person Meeting Cancelled due to Snow Storm- See Link on Home Page to submit comments)
- 12/06/25 Ledger-Independent Letter-to-the-Editor by Owen Brown
- 11/29/25 Ledger-Independent Letter-to-the-Editor by Jenn Setty-Botkin
- 11/28/25 Ledger-Independent Letter-to-the-Editor by Dr. Tim Grosser
- 09/14/25 Ledger-Independent Letter-to-the-Editor by Rick Ross
- 07/26/25 Ledger-Independent Letter-to-Editor: By Owen McNeill
Mason County KY In The News:
- 08/19/26 CNN Situation Room with Pamela Brown – Delsia Bare Interview
- 08/16/26 Wall Street Journal – The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center
- 05/05/26 People Magazine Susan Young – Mom and Daughter Initially Agreed to Take $26M Data Center Offer. Why They Changed Their Minds and Refused to Sell (Exclusive)
- 04/24/26 The Epoch Times Jeff Louderback – The Farmers Who Turned Down $26 Million
- 04/19/26 Daily Mail Harriet Alexander – America’s heartland heroes make last stand against shadowy elite dangling millions to unleash a ruinous plague across the US: ‘You’ll have to dig up the bodies first’
- 04/17/26 People Magazine – Widow’s Plans for Her Final Years Upended as Proposed Data Center Leads to 28 Evictions in One Neighborhood (Exclusive)
- 04/04/26 Michael Bowman TV – Max Moran Facebook Interview
- 04/01/26 Michael Bowman TV – Delsia Bare Facebook Interview
- 03/30/26 Maysville-Online – JPC fails to make rezoning recommendation for data center project
- 03/27/26 WEKU Grassroots organization announces plans to file suit against Mason County data center proposal
- 03/26/26 CBS News Jared Ochacher – Kentucky mother, daughter turn down $26 million offer for their land: “It’s priceless”
- 03/19/26 Local 12 David Winter –
Northern Kentucky family declines $26 million bid as data center plans advance - 03/13/26 Realtor.com – MSN: Kentucky farmers reject $26 million purchase offer from mystery data center operator
- 03/09/26 LEX18 Drew Amman interviews Ida Huddleston and Delsia Bare
- 03/01/26 WEKU 88.9 NPR Mason County officials approve ordinance paving the way for potential large-scale data center
- 03/2026 The Cumberland Newsletter – Build a New Data Center or Preserve Farmland in MasonCounty?
- 02/21/26 The Guardian: US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’
- 02/04/26 WCPO 9 10-Yr Old Jonathan’s Interview
- 01/30/26 The Edge – Coal country: too costly for factories, just right for data centers
- 01/21/26 WCPO 9 $1B data center proposal takes another step forward
- 01/13/26 NBC News Americans given NDAs from AI data centers
- 12/18/25 WEKU NPR Northern Kentucky residents raise concerns over a massive, secretive data center proposal
- 12/11/25 WKRC Channel 12 NKY landowner refuses $8 million offer to preserve family land from potential data center
- 12/05/25 LEX18 Mason County family offered almost $8M for farm in potential data center development
- 11/14/25 Mason County Fiscal Court pays $15,675 of taxpayer funds to data center “expert”
- 11/04/25 LEX18 Mason co. KY Residents Weigh Billion-Dollar Data Center Amid Growing Concerns
- 10/31/25 Lane Report – Kentucky utility regulators approve EKPC’s proposal for Data Center Power tariff
- 10/30/25 WKRC 12 – NKY community expresses concern over ‘secrecy’ in potential data center development
- 10/29/25 LEX18 – Mason County residents weigh billion-dollar data center proposal amid growing concerns
- 10/28/25 NBC – How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans
- 10/21/25 KY Attorney General’s Office – Maysville Violated Open Records Act regarding NBC request
- 10/06/25 WFTM Breakfast Club with Max Moran, Pamela Wiltgen, & Janet Garrison (Podcast)
- 09/17/25 WFTM Breakfast Club with Owen McNeill & Tyler McHugh(Podcast)
- 09/15/25 Ledger-Independent: Mason County Fiscal Court passes resolution for data center regulations
- 08/21/25 Kentucky Lantern – Kentucky could be on the eve of a data center boom. But in Mason County details are sketchy.
- 08/20/25 Ledger-Independent: Data Centers: From the landowners to the experts
- 08/18/25 Courier Journal – Kentucky county wants residents to sell their land for massive, mysterious new development
- 08/13/25 Ledger-Independent: Mason County Economic Director provides update on potential data center
- 08/12/25 WCPO 9 – $1 billion data center possibility sparks debate in rural Kentucky community
- 07/21/25 Ledger-Independent: Residents express concern over alleged data center
Web Research on Data Centers – Videos
(There are numerous videos on the web citing the negative consequences of data centers. Please visit our Facebook page for hundreds of links from our supporters. Here are just a few exceptional videos.)
- Laura Carter – Franklin County PA – Seven Deadly Sins and Data Centers (Alternate Link)
- Commissioner Bill Gaughan – Lackawanna County PA – Health Impacts of Data Centers (Alternate Link)
- The Internet is Celebrating this HUGE AI Loss
- World’s Largest AI Data Center – $100B Disaster
- Amazon Project Ranier – New Carlisle, IN
- AI Data Center Chemicals Vs. Drinking Water
- Amazon’s Project Rainier in New Carlisle Indiana – 1,200 acres – 2.2 GW
- Hilliard OH Amazon Data Center Noise
- Paul Rivera’s AI Round Up: New Orleans Has Banned Data Centers
- Perfect Union: Google Withdraws Data Center Proposal for Indianapolis
- An industrial hygienist and occupational and environmental health and safety expert explain what you need to know- & why it matters – Mason County Michigan
- Hanover County VA 400 Acre Data Center – Opposed by Leaders & Residents
- Unpaid Toll: The Health Impacts of Data Centers
- Business Insider Data Center Report
- Big Tech’s AI Debt Will Crash the Economy
- I Live Next To Amazon’s Largest Data Center. They’re Stealing Our Water (Meta)
- Tech Billionaires’ Shocking Plan For West Virginia
- I Live 400 Yards From Mark Zuckerberg’s Massive Data Center
- 2025 Governor’s Conference on Energy and Environment
- Penn Future – Data Center Video Series and Model Ordinances
- We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning
- How AI Datacenters Eat the World
- “It Changes Everything”: Citizens Warn of Data Center Impacts in Rural Virginia – Transcript Link
- Data Centers in Indiana – Citizens Action Coalition
- U of L Oldham County Community Event on Environmental Health Recording (in relation to Data Centers)
- Your electric bill is SKYROCKETING because of one MASSIVE change
- Comedians Take on AI Data Centers – Part 1 (Facebook)
- Comedians Take on AI Data Centers – Part 2 (Facebook)
Web Research on Data Centers – Documents
(There are numerous documents on the web citing the negative consequences of data centers. Please visit our Facebook page for hundreds of links from our supporters. Here are just a few exceptional documents.)
- Moore’s Law for AI Agents – AI Capability Grows Exponentially
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‘The Precedent Is Flint’: How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages - PJM Alert For Jan. 27-31 – Asked Data Centers To Go To Backup Generation Across Its Entire Footprint To Ensure Delivery Of Enough Electricity
- Anthropic CEO’s grave warning: AI will test us as a species
- Public Citizen: Reining in Big Tech: Policy Solutions to Address the Data Center Buildout
- Simpson Co. KY passes ordinance placing greater restrictions on data centers
- The Hill: Trump, tech giants seek to change data center narrative amid growing scrutiny
- Wilmington planning commission tables Amazon Data Center proposal after company reps fail to answer questions
- Wilmington Website
- Badgered State: AI data centers & the future of Wisconsin — APPLIES TO KY TOO – EXCELLENT ARTICLE
- How families could get stuck with higher electric bills if the AI data center boom goes bust
- Qualified Data Centers in Prince George’s County – November 2025 – Data Center Task Force
- Local Guidelines for Data Center Development
- The New Energy Crisis: Investigating the impact of Virginia’s data center explosion — a special series by the Fauquier Times & Prince William Times
- Mom’s Clean Air Force – Fight Against Data Center Pollution
- AI Data Centers Are Coming for Your Land, Water and Power
- They Thought They’d Live Here Forever. Then AI Upended the Power Grid
- Electricity Explained: Electricity generation, capacity, and sales in the United States
- CEDS How to Protect Your Home from Data Center Impacts
- Virginia 2024 Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
- OpenAI seeks US government backing to fund $1tn expansion
- Residents Speak Out Against Data Center – Say environment and people’s health should matter more.
- Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
