Residents press limits on water use and require 'end‑to‑end' closed‑loop cooling
Multiple commenters told the board that water use is the most important risk from large data centers, urged a defined closed-loop cooling standard and proposed numeric daily limits; the draft ordinance includes environmental studies but does not yet set a final water cap.
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Public commenters repeatedly framed water use as the principal environmental threat from large data centers. One speaker said data-center projects elsewhere required millions of gallons of water and warned that local taxpayers could shoulder the costs if utilities or incentives offset developer fees. "If they're gonna get that kind of tax free stuff, then... it's gonna be millions of gallons of water to cool that facility," a resident said.
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