About a year ago the Groton Town Council, facing strong public opposition, ended discussions about building a massive data center there. Now the same developer, NE Edge, LLC, is pursuing a data center project in Waterford. While recognizing the necessity of these data centers and defending the legislature’s decision to offer incentives so that Connecticut could compete with other states in attracting them, our editorial also called for more sensible decision making in choosing where to build them. The Waterford proposal calls for construction of a large data center at an existing industrial site, the Millstone Power Station. Providing cloud and other data storage, such centers are critical to life and economic growth in the digital age, allowing the accessing, sharing and storage of enormous amounts of information. This project would be a major job creator, generating upwards of 2,000 construction jobs and as many as 500 full-time positions when in operation.
https://www.theday.com/editorials/20230302/waterford-data-center-plan-is-a-winner/