Mixed opinions, limited information about $6.6 billion data center in Arkansas River Valley

By: Ainsley Platt

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 1,345

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — Karen Fawley first recalls learning of plans to construct a data center near the Johnson Regional Medical Center when a friend mentioned the project in passing two years ago.

Fawley said she wasn’t following the project closely. Then, in January, she watched the razing of a tree-covered hillside through her mother’s hospital room window.

“It was really a surprise,” Fawley said. “We knew that it was gonna happen, or we at …

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