Counties and Cities Should Be Pro-Active On Data Centers

The fight in Oliver County is just the latest to expose the need for counties and cities to pursue well-crafted rules for data centers BEFORE the companies come knocking.

In the last couple years, the fights between local residents and data center companies have popped up in a half dozen counties in North Dakota - just as they have all around the country. These fights have put local elected officials into very difficult positions: support what could end up being a driver of economic growth (and tax revenue growth, more…