Saxon data center rezoning

The Wormworks farm owner said his two-acre farm would be surrounded on all sides by the rezoned industrial land and asked for a six-month moratorium with baseline environmental studies.

The attorney for Saxon Investment said the city can have both development and protections — restricting temporary power sources, requiring noise studies, and making projects prove utility capacity.

A 46-year Ward 2 resident said his Ashley Acres community of 24 homes could see the data center from his front door and urged the council to reject it.

The Presidential Hills Natural Trace HOA president said his association opposes the rezoning, citing water, electricity, noise, and nearby schools and clinics.

Called out Saxon's quiet expansion from 190 to 230 acres as the opposite of transparency and cited Entergy ratepayer costs, urging baseline and cumulative impact studies.

The worm farmer's wife said the family will be affected at home and at work, opposes the 'shadowy process,' and worries about her chronic health problems and the city's water and air.