Kerry Pennell and others were wearing red on Monday to send a message to Mooresville town commissioners: Stop the data center from coming to Mooresville.

Alice Oehler, another resident opposed to a planned data center in Mooresville, handed out stickers saying "NO DATA CENTER" at Monday night's Mooresville Town Board of Commissioners meeting.

They were joined by dozens of others who spoke out against the company Tract's proposal to build a data center on 400 acres of land along Patterson Farm Road and Coddle Creek Highway . The land is owned by Dale Earnhardt's widow, Teresa Earnhardt.

If developed, the data center would be known as the Mooresville Technology Park.

The company is seeking a rezoning to allow for the data center. Officially, the request comes from Bowman Construction,

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