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Residents in Appling, Georgia, feel a proposed data center project was advanced without their full understanding.

The Columbia County Development Authority secured a $30 million loan and a $60 million sale agreement for the land.

Despite officials stating the project is under consideration, residents believe the deal is already finalized.

A small Columbia County community feels threatened by a proposed development that they believe was forced upon their neighborhood before they fully understood what was coming.

Alan Wyatt, one of many concerned Appling residents, is speaking out against the White Oak Park Data Center project proposed for a portion of Columbia County near the Harlem-Appling exit of Interstate 20.

“Initially, I was concerned, but not too concerned,

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