House Bill 2014 has removed local voices from the decision making on this data center preventing local governments from using their authority.
The Monarch Cloud Compute Campus is proposed on and around the former TNT manufacturing complex, toxic portions of which later became an EPA Superfund cleanup site
Construction jobs are temporary. Comparable data centers typically employ only several dozen permanent workers at best once construction is complete.
The project borders the internationally known Mothman Festival which brings more than 30,000 visitors to Mason County each year. How might this negatively affect tourism and our economy?