Year: 2025

“Statesville Citizens Unite Against Data Center”Special for Iredell Standing for TruthSeptember 2025 By: Lynne M TaylorBackground:Recently a growing effort that’s brought together many people from Statesville, NC (Iredell County’s seat) is paying off. How did another effort to ward off another data center in Iredell County take place? On August 15th, a meeting was held at the Statesville Civic Center, hosted by…

Data centers, driven by tax incentives, burden NC taxpayers with land and resource costs. Unanswered questions about emergency plans, drone risks, and environmental impact raise concerns, urging citizens to challenge local government on the proposed Tract data center in Mooresville.

NC's technology push, driven by profit, brought data centers to Mooresville via the CHIPS Act and NC Dept. of Commerce. Despite environmental and land use concerns, NC DIT and NC GICC facilitate this, raising questions about taxpayer impact and citizen involvement in land selection.

In Mooresville, NC, data overreaches in education began with Project RED in 2014, followed by GIGA's AI-driven data framework in 2019. The 2020 Accelerate Mooresville Plan and 2024 Mooresville Tomorrow initiatives pushed data tracking and regionalism, raising concerns about privacy, local control, and environmental impacts. The 2025 Mooresville Data Center threatens water usage and wildlife habitats.