Alderman Oldenburg on data centers: 'I welcome this opportunity to move the conversation forward'

'The conversation tends to be fear-driven on both sides of the argument' of data centers, says City Alderman Thomas Oldenburg. 'A fear of missing out on high-tech economic development that grows jobs, grows economies, you know, puts a community on the right path, and the [fears of] higher utility costs, the environmental concerns, the local impacts,' are among the things that Oldenburg says needs to be addressed. 'I welcome this opportunity to move the conversation forward.' Oldenburg recently wrote about his support for a data-center in Midtown near the Armory. 'Data centers aren't the boogeyman, but at the same time they need to be good neighbors,' says Oldenburg.