In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers
Key takeaways
- Republish Many Indiantown residents opposed to data centers express frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency regarding the proposals.
- Now 87, McAllister is a tiny but sturdy woman with a bob of blonde hair.
- He didn’t have bulldozers,” said McAllister, gazing across the grassland where cattle now graze.
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Now 87, McAllister is a tiny but sturdy woman with a bob of blonde hair. She fondly recalls running wild on the land in her youth with her three siblings, fishing and picking berries among the stands of oak and pine trees and cabbage palms. Her father raised watermelons, cantaloupes, strawberries, peas and beans and nurtured an orange grove. With no running water in the shack, the family members used an outhouse and drew their drinking water from an outdoor pump.
“Much of that land he actually cleared by hand. He didn’t have bulldozers,” said McAllister, gazing across the grassland where cattle now graze.