Special report · The vote is Tuesday, Oct. 27
Data centers coming to Sioux County??
The county votes Tuesday, Oct. 27. A developer is already waiting, and the site is picked out. Here's the full picture, free, before the vote.
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Before you make up your mind
Six questions the report answers.
- 01Who wants to build it, and have they ever finished one before?
- 02How much water does it drink, and whose wells get watched?
- 03What happens to your electric bill if it needs more power?
- 04Why did one supervisor vote no, twice?
- 05Why are Nobles County, Hancock County and Ida County saying no or wait?
- 06What can you still do before Tuesday?
"This would make any data center coming in the most highly regulated business in this county."
"I'm a little scared to be the first one because rules don't always stop everything from happening."
Two sides
What's in it
Four sections. Five minutes. No spin.
- 01
The rules, in plain English
All eight pages of the draft ordinance boiled down: size, noise, water, power, setbacks, money, fines.
- 02
The one proposal on the table
Where PathOne wants to build, how big, how many jobs, and what it has and hasn't said.
- 03
The best case on each side
Supporters and opponents in their own words. We don't take a position. You decide.
- 04
What eight other towns did
Approved, denied, paused or studying, from Salix to Worthington to Cedar Rapids.
Every number is sourced and linked: the county's own draft ordinance, board minutes, KTIV, KIWA, the N'West Iowa REVIEW and more. Coffee & County doesn't take a side.
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Don't find out after the vote.
Read the report now. We'll send you the result the morning after Oct. 27.
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