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  • How would a 130-acre data center reshape New Florence?

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• Residents resist proposed Amazon development, data center projects in Montgomery County (krcgtv.com) — A massive data center project called Project Spade would place about 130 acres of development inside New Florence’s city limits, raising big questions about water use, power demand, and neighborhood impacts. At a tense Montgomery County town hall, residents pressed officials and utility representatives for concrete guarantees on wells, electricity costs, and environmental protections as Amazon’s confirmed “Project Green” and the mystery “Project Spade” move toward possible 2026 closings and an early 2026 groundbreaking.
   

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