Buncombe Rejects Data Center Push | Asheville News

Asheville News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

Buncombe County is at a crossroads as a push for massive data centers gains momentum, sparking fierce local resistance. Critics fear environmental devastation and see the tech giants as unchecked corporate power wielding influence through campaign donations. Proponents call it progress or risk obsolescence, but opponents argue these companies prioritize profit over people—and will vanish once their work is done, leaving communities to clean up the mess. The movement isn’t just about stopping construction—it’s about rejecting corporate money in local elections and forcing a reckoning: do we…