The loggers may not have been local but I dont think you drop 250k trees without a shit load of people noticing. The data center as a whole project will swell workers and trade jobs in the area during the construction for a facility large enough to warrant that much clearing.
I think many in the local area were fine with it while opponents are getting good coverage now.
Didn’t locals help transform those trees into lumber?
From the article “the illegally felled timber cannot be sold commercially.”
The loggers may not have been local but I dont think you drop 250k trees without a shit load of people noticing. The data center as a whole project will swell workers and trade jobs in the area during the construction for a facility large enough to warrant that much clearing.
I think many in the local area were fine with it while opponents are getting good coverage now.