Blue Island Data Center Planners Get Booed By Residents

Blue Island Data Center Planners Get Booed By Residents

MORGAN PARK — A proposal to build a data center just over the border from Morgan Park was met with boos during a Blue Island City Council meeting Tuesday night.  No preliminary concept for a data center has been submitted to the suburb after city officials announced the plan in April, which was initially met with concerns from residents across the South Side. But on Tuesday, a representative from the Washington-based owners of the land, Builders…

Block Club Chicago: Blue Island Data Center Planners Get Booed By Residents

Block Club Chicago: Blue Island Data Center Planners Get Booed By Residents. “Blue Island residents said they were concerned about potential noise coming from the center as well as water and electricity usage, and how the center could affect housing in the city. One resident, a recent college graduate, told the council that while studying she took courses focused on the ethics and societal impacts of emerging technologies, before posing a questi…