Council preps rules for data centers, urges case-by-case review
Staff told The Plains council there are currently no pending data center proposals in town and recommended making data centers a conditional use with site standards for noise, screening, height and environmental oversight; council discussed pauses, incentives and next steps for code changes.
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Miss Lupton, a staff presenter, opened a policy discussion on data centers by telling the council that "there are zero requests for data centers in the [The Plains] municipal limits. We do not have anything on the table." She said the briefing was proactive and based on a regional packet from the LU regional planning commission showing recent approvals nearby and a broader boom driven by rising energy needs tied to AI and cloud services.
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