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Residents in Trenton, Ohio, are calling for a moratorium on a data center project by Prologis following the start of construction without sufficient community input or environmental assessments. Barry Blankenship, a local resident, discovered the site was being prepared just before Christmas.

Prologis purchased the 141-acre site for $7.7 million in October. Residents formed the group W.A.T.E.R to demand transparency and have filed several public records requests, many of which remain unfulfilled.

Preliminary plans for the project, labeled as informational, detail multiple data center buildings and utility infrastructure. Despite promises of job creation and economic benefits, community concerns about environmental impacts and lack of communication persist. A city council meeting is scheduled for Thursday.