Edwardsville Officials Assured Residents on Facebook the City Had ‘No Formal Proposal’ for a Data Center — but City Emails Tell a Fuller Story

Edwardsville officials assured residents on Facebook the city had ‘no formal proposal’ for a data center — but city emails tell a fuller story

Cloverleaf has provided a conceptual site plan, “but that is neither a formal proposal nor a  … planned unit development request,” according to the city administrator.

Edwardsville Officials Assured Residents on Facebook The City Had ‘No Formal Proposal’ For a Data Center — But City Emails Tell a Fuller Story

As Metro East towns are grappling with the interest of a major developer looking to build three massive data centers in the area — and all the money, jobs and controversy those bring — the city of Edwardsville offered what appeared to be a reassuring message to its residents. In a post on the city’s official Facebook page on Feb. 10, it noted that while data centers were a hot topic in the Metro East and that the city had gotten “an inquiry” on …