# Google holds closed-door Little Rock data center meeting, questions remain unanswered (KLRT Fox16) > *Text-extract archive. fox16.com returns HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) on direct download (Invoke-WebRequest and curl with browser UA both blocked); the article text below was recovered 2026-06-11 via fetch tooling (MCP fetch). No original HTML file is preserved.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** KLRT Fox16 (fox16.com), Little Rock — Nexstar Media Group - **URL:** https://www.fox16.com/news/local-news/google-holds-closed-door-little-rock-data-center-meeting-questions-remain-unanswered/ - **Byline:** Caden Michaels - **Published:** 2026-06-10, 9:29 PM CDT (updated 9:29 PM CDT) - **Archived:** 2026-06-11 (text recovery; direct download blocked by Cloudflare 403) - **Wayback snapshot:** save failed, retry pending. **Wayback failure**: Save Page Now did not return a snapshot on 2026-06-11 (connection dropped mid-save; availability API confirms no snapshot exists). Retry pending. ## Extract LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Community members seeking answers about Google's proposed data center project at the Port of Little Rock left frustrated Wednesday after an invitation-only meeting that critics said lacked transparency and offered little opportunity for public input. Google hosted the meeting at First United Methodist Church of Little Rock, where representatives met with invited attendees to discuss the proposed project. According to the invitation, the event focused on Google's plans for a data center at the Port of Little Rock. Members of the public and media gathered outside the church during the meeting, questioning why the event was not open to everyone. After community members continued raising concerns about the closed-door format, Google invited members of the public inside following the first session. However, those attendees said the opportunity for discussion was brief. "They basically talked to us for 5 minutes, and then the second that we started asking questions cause they were all done introducing themselves, they said we only have one minute we have to go, there's another obligation," said community member Adie Diaz. Diaz said attendees were unable to get answers about future opportunities for public input. "They couldn't answer anything like when is the next public meeting, when do we actually get our voices heard," Diaz said. Another resident, Alicia Watson, criticized the invitation-only format. "Everyone who got this Google invite should have said no, talk to everybody," Watson said. During the brief meeting with community members, Google representatives emphasized that they wanted to hear from residents, saying, "It's not about press, it's not about government, it's about hearing from the community." Google public affairs representative Laurel Brown also said the project remains in its early stages. "We are very early in the process. There are a number of permits that still need to be filed," Brown said. She added, "I know people think there's gonna be a data center tomorrow, that's not the case." As attendees left, several asked where they could learn more about the project and were provided a sheet containing a QR code. Community member Brenya Sutton said the approach fell short of meaningful engagement. "They wanted to talk to the community via their own QR code, not via the faces of the people that live here, they didn't want to talk to us," Sutton said. In a statement provided to us, the church said it was only acting as the venue for the event. "We were approached by city officials about renting space for a meeting for representatives from Google to share information with the community on data centers," the church said. The church added, "We were not involved in the content or attendance of the meeting." ## Notes - Tier: 3 — established local broadcast news outlet (KLRT Fox16, Nexstar). - Anchors: invitation-only Google meeting at First United Methodist Church of Little Rock on the Port of Little Rock data center (held Wednesday = 2026-06-10); public and media kept outside, then admitted after complaints for a brief session; Google public affairs rep Laurel Brown: "We are very early in the process. There are a number of permits that still need to be filed"; the church's statement that it was "approached by city officials about renting space." - **Facts NOT verified in the recovered text:** (1) the church's street address (723 Center St) does not appear in the article; (2) the PR firm **Cooley Public Strategies** is not named anywhere in the recovered text; (3) the article says the church was approached by "city officials," not specifically "Little Rock city officials" (the city is implied by context but not specified in the quote). - Cited by: (populated by wiki pages that reference this archive)