It has been covered pretty extensively in local news. There is a website - weareoldhamcounty.com - and (if you can stomach it) a Facebook page with the same sort of info. The Facebook page in particular is testament to human nature, I guess. All pitchforks, all the time. It's not enough to say "we don't want this in our neighborhood", they have to go beyond that and swear with absolute certainty that everyone involved with the thing is an absolute crook. Insert eyeroll. It's hard for me to believe that a magistrate in Lagrange KY, for example, is willing to go to jail by taking dollars under the table from the backers of this data center, but the folks in that group will swear they all have.
Agree with your larger point. When I moved to Louisville from Nashville close to 30 years ago, the difference in "vibe" was unmistakable. Nashville simply felt like a place that wanted to grow, and Louisville simple felt like a place that did not. The powers that be, the movers and shakers, the people generally, just liked being a mid-size town and wanted to stay that way and not have the problems that come with growing. Which explains this: in the 1950 census, Louisville was the #25 metro area, Indy was #29, Nashville #60. And now of course we are way behind those cities. Some will point to problems like traffic and housing costs and say that's a good outcome (and I couldn't live in Nashville today I don't think), others will point to jobs leaving (or never coming) and stagnation generally and say you get what you ask for.....