• Developer Pulls Its Plans For a Data Center in Apex
  • A “Chemical Cocktail” From Brenntag is Entering a Durham Stream
  • All You Need to Know About the Primary Elections in Wake County
  • And Elections in Durham County, Too.
  • Rally for Science Tomorrow in Chapel Hill

Good morning, readers.

Many residents near New Hill and Apex celebrated a win yesterday when the developer behind a proposed data center nearby announced it was pulling the applications it needed to pursue the project. 

INDY’s Jane Porter has been following this story closely since last summer, when Natalli Investments LLC first proposed the New Hill Digital Campus, which could have been one of the largest data centers in the state. Residents had concerns about potential environmental impacts, noise, skyrocketing electrical bills, and strain on local water supplies and emergency resources. 

Those residents say their fight isn’t over—the developer told the town “it will determine an appropriate course of action if, in the future, the Town of Apex ultimately approves a comprehensive zoning text amendment allowing data centers as an approved use within the Town’s limits”—and the pressure to build new data storage facilities to power technology and run AI isn’t going away.

Read more below on the company’s decision to pull its applications and the possibility of a moratorium on data centers in Apex. And have a good weekend.

—Sarah W.

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Built to Spill

Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, Inside Climate News reports.

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Winners in Wake

Catch up on INDY’s coverage of primary election results in Wake, including races for state House, district attorney, county commission, and Raleigh City Council.

… And in Durham

Election results and analysis from INDY staff, including Durham races for school board, district attorney, and state Senate.

LOCAL: New development is stalled in East Durham, where the sewer system is at capacity, and the city says upgrades can’t be made until at least 2029, WRAL reports.

FOOD & DRINK: Highly trained, undercover inspectors visited Durham restaurants before they were named to the first Michelin Guide to the American South, The 9th Street Journal reports.

STATE: A state Board of Elections member has resigned after making illegal campaign contributions and supporting Phil Berger’s reelection on social media, NC Newsline reports.

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