Clearing Confusion at the Midtown Center
Statement from Ald. Mark Chambers Jr.
“Data centers” are a couple of very bad words these days. They conjure images of grey buildings covering thousands of acres, creating nuisance levels of noise, and taxing local water supplies and other resources.
The development proposed for the Midtown Center includes nothing even close.
It is true that a high technology use is included in part of the project submitted by AFS Milwaukee, LLC. While the details of their submittal are not final, that use is expected to have a small footprint and, with respect to water, utilize a closed loop system that will be entirely self-sustaining and require no water from the local supply. Its power needs will be similarly limited.
Despite all this, I know that residents have not received nearly enough information about this proposal and, for that reason, it will not be heard at Monday’s City Plan Commission meeting. Once better information is available, I will want to hear from all those directly affected by this development to help inform my decisions about it. And one thing is certain, no matter what is proposed: I will ensure that parameters are in place to prevent noise and air quality impacts on neighbors .
I have always been committed to the redevelopment of the Midtown Center. And I want it developed in a way that brings the highest and best uses possible to those in the area and throughout the City.
Those two goals do not contradict, but we can only achieve them if everyone acts based on accurate information and not hyperbole driven by the press and social media.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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