Opposition to Data Center Dominates Legislative Update

Tucker County's two state senators got an earful from constituents at a public event Tuesday

Taylor and Smith, shown on the right side of the photo, address the crowd.

By Mat Cloak, contributing writer

Plans for multiple power plants and acres of data centers near Davis and Thomas dominated the discussion at a town hall event Tuesday with Tucker County’s two state senators, Randy Smith and Jay Taylor.

Tensions briefly ran high between the crowd …