Planning commission forwards data-center rules to county commission after adding emergency-shutdown and utility-attestation requirements
The Blount County Regional Planning Commission voted to recommend a draft resolution restricting large-scale data centers to certain industrial areas and adopted amendments that raise minimum setback concerns, add emergency shutdown authority, and require binding attestations from utility providers about peak load and infrastructure impacts.
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The Blount County Regional Planning Commission voted to forward a draft resolution regulating data centers and advanced computing facilities to the county commission after adopting multiple amendments. Commissioners discussed buffer distances, frequency and acoustic limits, and whether larger setbacks would effectively preclude data centers in the county's existing industrial zones.
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