Commissioners debate 1% county cap and buffer distances in proposed data center rules
Members debated whether to adopt a 1% county-wide cap (mirroring the solar ordinance), how that translates to acreage, and whether to require a two-mile proximity to transmission lines plus town and river setbacks.
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Commissioners spent significant time parsing the practical effect of a proposed 1% county cap on data center acreage and how to pair it with separation distances from towns, transmission corridors and riverfronts. One commissioner asked, "What does that translate into in acreage?" and the group discussed a county-equivalent figure (several speakers referenced a figure of roughly 3,840 acres as an illustrative conversion) and whether the 1% should apply to total land area without a forest/open-land ratio.
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