May they get everything they voted for
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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I only found out because a friend was in the meeting and texted me to come, but it was too short of notice, and apparently I would have been turned away anyway. But inside that meeting room, things did not go super well for Google's side.
I saw some other company did this same thing in Iowa. They hold these public meetings at private facilities so that they can police who is and isnt allowed to attend. In the Iowa case they told all reporters (I believe it was A More Perfect Union that was covering this) that they weren't allowed in the building, which caused a scene when residents found out, which lead to them abruptly canceling the meeting early and the datacenter people blaming it on reporters being in the vicinity. I believe in this case they also had the city council sign NDAs so that they couldn't talk about it either, which doesnt seem like something that should be legal (if it even is).
Idk if this is the same event, but there were some tech bros that wanted to put up a crytpo mining facility in Cedar Falls that went through a similar process. I hate AI and the environmental impacts of data centers, but crypto has nothing redeeming, where at least occasionally AI gets it right.
There are a couple going up around Cedar Rapids that seemed to get through very quickly. Now they're talking up reopening the Palo nuke plant to build and power a third.
This is the worst timeline.
Wow, what a bunch of double talking assholes.
"KATV reached out to Google asking why the meeting was private, who was involved, and how invitations were determined.
In a statement, the company said:
“Today’s meeting focused on hearing directly from the immediate community. Our goal was to ensure varying neighborhood perspectives were at the table. This is just one conversation out of many. We remain committed to keeping this process open and transparent.”
Google allowed KATV into a separate meeting for about five minutes, but cameras were not permitted inside. Several questions about the process and attendee selection went unanswered."