Commission backs code changes to treat data centers as conditional use, adds technical requirements
Planning staff moved to separate data centers from R&D uses, shift data centers in industrial zones to conditional-use status, and add detailed application requirements including utility impact analysis, water/cooling plans, acoustical analysis and decommissioning plans; commissioners passed the recommendation with one recorded no vote.
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The commission recommended amendments to the Bastrop Development Code that separate data centers from research-and-development uses and change how the city handles data-center proposals.
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