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PUBLIC VERSION: CONTACT INFORMATION HIDDEN <br />EMAIL: 01 <br />Good Afternoon, <br />I am contacting you on behalf of a letter I received from the city regarding Old Municipal Center Complex off of Nowthen <br />Blvd and the possibility of building a data center on this subject property. I will be unable to make the open house <br />meeting, but wanted to address a few concerns/inquiries I have. <br />My knowledge of data centers is fairly more extensive than the average consumer as my employer treats data centers, <br />specifically the cooling towers which are imperative to data center operation. My concerns surround where the cooling <br />towers will be placed and the treatment of those towers. <br />In some situations, the cooling towers can be placed at ground level surrounded by concrete parameters or inside the <br />facility itself, which would render my concern invalid if this is the case. However, should the cooling towers be placed on <br />the roof of the data center and be improperly treated, the risk of Legionnella and Legionnaire's disease, though minimal <br />since it is rare, would be a concern that I have. This disease has the potential to be lethal and can be carried over small <br />distances by wind if the cooling tower(s) is placed on the roof of the building — putting the surrounding homes at risk for <br />exposure. If properly treated, the risk can be monitored and diminished substantially. However, with some facilities that <br />are newly built, the belief is that since the cooling towers are new, they will not need to be treated. This is a falsehood. All <br />cooling towers should have some level of water management, new or old. <br />I am not opposed to the data center project, but I do urge you to address these two issues with the firm that may be <br />building this facility on the subject property should this project move forward for the safety of the current residents. <br />Thank you for your time, and should you have any information or questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. I can <br />be reached at the below information, or on my mobile phone at 763-221-2479. <br />