The revelation that Teresa Earnhardt, the stepmother of Dale Earnhardt Jr., has been granted permission to construct a sizable data center campus on the property of her late husband, NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, has left Mooresville residents less than happy. With his heartbreaking last interview making a comeback online last week, Earnhardt would have celebrated his 74th birthday. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has carried on his father’s legacy since Earnhardt’s untimely death at the Daytona 500 in 2001, a tragedy that forever altered NASCAR. Construction on the data center will start on Earnhardt’s wife Teresa Earnhardt’s 400 wooded acres after the Mooresville Planning Board voted 4-3 in support of her plans last week.
The data park, which will be situated in Mooresville, North Carolina, is expected to create 277 “recession-resistant” employment in the region, including 195 playing $125,000 annually. However, a lot of individuals are not happy about the data center news, even with this information. Earnhardt was a strong supporter of the environment and wed Teresa, his third wife, in 1982. Additionally, the construction of the new data center on the Earnhardt acres will have a significant effect on the neighboring fauna and inhabitants. Ellen Abercrombie, whose house is adjacent to the Earnhardt acres, expressed her concerns to the Charlotte Observer about the noise and light pollution that the plans will cause. As stated by Abercrombie, who voiced her objections to the Mooresville Board of Commissioners, the park “will end our natural wildlife pattern, part of the beauty of living in the country.”
“I want to continue to see the cloud, not a building housing the cloud,” said Kerry Pennell, another Mooresville resident. She also mentioned that traffic was already so terrible in the region that “we can’t make it down nearby N.C. 3 (Coddle Creek Highway) for lunch if we wanted to.” Additionally, supporters took to social media to express their annoyance at the news. “Projects that promise hundreds of employment but only produce a small portion of them have never caught my attention. The majority include jobs introduced to the area or jobs during construction. One admirer remarked, “The forest is still gone, and everyone will make a lot of money.” “Dale Sr. is rolling over in his grave,” a second person added. We didn’t purchase any land in the nation to live in the city.
With the traffic on Highway 3 as it is, I have witnessed the helicopter landing far too frequently. You ought to feel ashamed of yourself, Teresa. Another remarked, “Same old falsehoods about it bringing in jobs,” adding, “Yeah, while it was being built by guys the contractor brought in from out of state. After all the tax reductions they received, assurances of tax collection were made.
