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Albemarle resident urges ban on data centers as county pauses ordinance amendment
Summary
A Whitehall District resident told the Albemarle County Planning Commission that pausing a proposed data center ordinance is welcome but urged the county to adopt a full ban, citing large buildings, local utility impacts and limited state regulation.
Vincent Jackson, a Whitehall District resident, urged the Albemarle County Planning Commission on Oct. 14 to go further than the board of supervisors’ recent decision to pause a data center ordinance amendment. “Pausing the ordinance is good, but a ban on data centers is better,” Jackson said during the public-comment portion of the meeting.
Jackson said the amendment as drafted would “concede too much scope in the planning process to the data center developers,” and he objected to large buildings being allowed “by right.” He cited the ordinance’s proposed size thresholds for different tiers and raised concerns about…
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