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Google’s plan to develop a $1 billion-plus data center in Franklin Township was bolstered by a city commission’s vote Wednesday to grant preliminary approval to the company’s request to rezone nearly 470 acres for the project.

The Metropolitan Development Commission’s 8-1 vote to advance the plans followed more than an hour of presentations and public comment on the project by Google representatives, city officials and neighborhood residents.

The vote came less than 24 hours after the California-bas

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