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Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: “Widespread public concern on data centers following educational agenda item at
the August 5, 2026 Butte County Water Commission meeting.” Will Chico be next?
Date:Monday, August 10, 2026 9:57:22 AM
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Subject: “Widespread public concern on data centers following educational agenda item at the
August 5, 2026 Butte County Water Commission meeting.” Will Chico be next?
Public Record
“People are pointing out the same strange patterns seen in Maui:
• Homes completely gone
• Cars melted in driveways
• Trees and some structures still standing
Many residents also reported few or no firefighters on scene for hours after the fire started.
Now here’s the part that’s raising the most questions:
Just weeks before the fire, Spokane County commissioners were discussing a temporary ban on data centers. Residents were
strongly against them.
At the same time, a county commissioner was reportedly holding private meetings with a little known company called
Apricus Energy Solutions. A firm with almost no track record that wanted to build a massive data center in the area and was
pushing for tax breaks.
After the fire destroyed large parts of the community, some are now asking whether the cleared land could be seized through
eminent domain and used for the very projects residents fought against.
Homes gone.
Land cleared.
Data centers waiting in the wings.
How many more towns have to burn before people admit these “wildfires” aren’t random?“
https://t.me/LauraAbolichannel/87017
diana dreiss