My child will attend Maysville Elementary School soon, and like any parent, I am deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of our children and community. The data center development on Industrial Drive and Meeks Road poses a significant threat not only to our immediate environment but also to the overall quality of life in Maysville, Georgia.

We, the taxpayers and residents of Maysville, Georgia, demand that the Maysville City Council immediately halt further progression of the data center development on Industrial Drive and Meeks Road (Parcel 046 048) until the city secures a legally binding Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) and passes strict municipal ordinances to prevent future industrial encroachment.

​We elect our local officials to protect our community, and we deserve full public disclosure and ironclad local protections before foreign corporate development moves forward in our town.

What We Are Demanding From the City Council:

1. Execute a Legally Binding Community Benefits Agreement (CBA)

The City Council must refuse any further permits, zoning variances, or corporate assignment transfers, including the upcoming corporate acquisition by Rumble Inc., until a formal CBA is executed with the company. We demand the CBA include the following protections:

Fully Funded Site Abandonment Escrow Account: A mandatory requirement for the corporation to establish and maintain an independent, city-held escrow account or decommissioning bond. If the data center operators go bankrupt, abandon the facility, or exit the market, these funds must be legally reserved exclusively for the city to dismantle the structures, remove industrial electronic waste, and restore the land, ensuring local taxpayers are never stuck with the multi-million dollar cleanup bill for a blighted industrial site.

Protection of Our Children from Industrial Noise Pollution:  Chronic exposure to continuous low-frequency noise is proven to directly impair children's cognitive development, disrupt sleep patterns, increase stress hormones, and severely impact reading comprehension and memory retention in developing minds. The CBA must mandate a noise barrier wall to shield local children and neighborhoods.

Infrastructure Protection Funds: Upfront corporate financial bonds dedicated entirely to maintaining local water pressure, municipal pipe infrastructure, and grid stabilization, ensuring local taxpayers never foot the bill for industrial wear and tear.

Guaranteed ISO Fire Rating Indemnity: A legally binding clause requiring the data center operators to financially compensate property owners if their industrial water consumption drops city water pressure enough to lower Maysville's ISO fire-safety rating, which would spike local homeowner insurance premiums.

Independent Sound Mitigation & Audits: Mandatory, ongoing acoustic testing paid for by the corporation but conducted by a third-party engineer of the town's choosing, enforcing a strict maximum decibel ceiling at the property line.

Local Utility Rate Caps: Enforceable guarantees from utility providers ensuring that the massive energy and water draws from this facility will never trigger rate hikes or emergency utility surcharges for residential customers. 

Mandatory Long-Term Power Projections: A legally binding mandate ensuring that the data center operators commit to paying their projected power costs for a fixed duration of 20 years. This requirement establishes a financial guarantee so that if the facility reduces operations, shuts down, or exits the market early, local citizens and utility customers are not left holding the bag for the massive electrical infrastructure capacity built out exclusively to serve them.

Public Transparency Measures: A requirement for regular, unannounced municipal inspections of the site and public access to monthly resource consumption reports.

2. Pass Immediate Zoning and Municipal Ordinances

To protect the long-term future of our town from turning into an industrial tech zone, the City Council must immediately draft and pass protective local ordinances that:

Cap Data Center Expansion: Legally restrict the current project strictly to the footprint already voted on, allowing absolutely no further expansions or additional square footage beyond the first phase.

Ban Future Data Centers: Enact a permanent municipal ban on the construction of any new data centers, cryptocurrency mining operations, or high-density utility-scale computing facilities within Maysville city limits.

Maysville is our home. Our resources and belong to the taxpayers, not to multi-billion-dollar corporate tech entities.

Sign this petition to demand that the Maysville City Council halts this project, secures a binding Community Benefits Agreement that protects our children, infrastructure, and future land restoration, and passes strict protective ordinances to stop future data center expansion.