Farmington data center on golf course site has neighbors ready to fight

The aging owners of the Fountain Valley Golf Course are looking to sell their 160-acre property and retire. But, the potential buyer has applied to rezone the residential land as mixed use commercial and industrial, in order to build a data center.
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[@beck1365]

They expect a private owner to provide them with a free park forever??

[@koundeeyang9975]

They don’t like what the owners wanna do with the golf course, come up with the money to buy the land, so it wouldn’t have to be sold to someone they don’t like.

[@russvoight1167]

​@@koundeeyang9975Yup, put your money were your mouth is

[@joemartin8888]

Do a real story on what the data centers are really for.... Seriously

[@mattt8889]

data?

[@hellomyfriends9740]

Deata?

[@joef.2908]

Farmington is a dump already

[@manders652]

😮

[@benrtomahawk]

Check out what Apple Valley did. They ripped up our golf course for crap apartment buildings for you know who! That course was there for years!

[@manders652]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Rothydot]

Build a grocery store first.

[@HanifBarnwell]

Kwik trip ain’t good enough for you? 😂 then get a car or use food delivery 😂

[@Tom-cz9op]

If they are changing the zoning then yes id be upset.
If not , you knew what was coming

[@erickohnke3340]

Lower the tax burden on residents, now that is funny.

[@SB-td2uw]

1st world problems

[@teamghetto2166]

HOA president better get busy😂