Residents urge Hanover County to remove data centers as a permitted use

Dozens of residents urged the Hanover County Board of Supervisors to remove data centers from by‑right permitted uses, saying the county’s zoning rules allow large data centers to be built without notice and without the community input rezoning would require. Holly Manky of Friends of Hanover told the board that the Hanover Humane Society and other neighbors learned of a nearby project only when construction began and asked the board to "remove data centers, data center processing, and all forms of data storage from permitted uses in all zoning districts."