Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of ongoing original investigative articles into the proposed Grant County data center. They are copywritten. Anyone plagiarizing my work will be held accountable in a court of law. Documents are watermarked.
In late June, I heard about a presentation in Little Rock by Grant County officials. The topic: the proposed data center.
The presentation was for the County Judges Association of Arkansas meeting. Curious, I sent a Freedom of Information request to Grant County Judge Randy Pruitt.
In that trove of documents, I obtained the agenda and the PowerPoint presentation given to the Association.
The agenda shows that Pruitt along with his advisor, George Murray, a retired global projects executive, and Taylor Handford, the Arkansas Association of Counties legal counsel presented from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24. Grant County Justice of the Peace Mike Nevens was added to the presentation per an email from Murray obtained by the Fire in the FOIA request.
The Presentation
The 31-page presentation was titled “Lessons Learned — Sheridan Data Center Project,” and highlights unusually candid terms about how Pruitt, Nevens and a hand-picked group of advisors approached the proposal from Clean Cloud Energy LLC. Clean Cloud, according to its website, is an Austin-based energy and digital infrastructure company specializing in utility-scale energy solutions for hyperscale data centers.
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