Supervisors review draft ordinance to regulate data centers, battery fields and crypto mining
Winnebago County supervisors discussed a draft zoning ordinance adapted from Greene County that would add definitions and limits for data centers, crypto-mining and battery fields — debating setbacks, a 65-decibel noise cap, water-use limits and decommissioning escrow.
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County supervisors spent the longest portion of their meeting discussing a draft zoning ordinance intended to address emerging industrial uses such as hyperscale data centers, cryptocurrency-mining operations and battery-storage fields. A committee member presenting the draft said they had adapted text from Greene County and were trying to fold Winnebago County numbering and definitions into the document.
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