Local officials across the US are receiving death threats and facing security concerns tied to data center construction disputes, regardless of how they vote. In Marshall, Michigan, city council members received a credible death threat after passing a moratorium on new data center builds, while in Salix, Iowa, threatening social media posts targeted the entire town government following a land annexation for a potential Google project. A Utah commissioner who approved a data center project now has police stationed outside his home, and more than 500 towns nationwide have moved to restrict such construction.
Local officials overseeing data center projects in Marshall, Michigan, Salix, Iowa, and Box Elder County, Utah, have reported credible death threats and safety concerns tied to their votes. Marshall's council faced threats after passing a building moratorium, Salix's leaders were threatened over a land annexation for a possible Google site, and a Utah commissioner now has police stationed at his home. NBC News reports this pattern is spreading nationally, with officials targeted regardless of how they vote on data center proposals.
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