The Itasca Village Board on Sept. 3 tabled consideration of a plan development and special‑use request from NTT Global Data Centers to construct a large data center on property described in the filing as 1200 to 1250 North Arlington Heights Road.

The item was presented by Trustee Gavanas during the Community Development committee portion of the meeting. Gavanas summarized the petition and recommended motion to approve the plan development, special use with exceptions, class 1 site plan review and a resubdivision (NTT Corporation Resubdivision No. 3) subject to the plan commission conditions. The petitioner and owner listed in the packet was NTT Global Data Centers CH 4 LLC; no representative for NTT attended the meeting.

The project as described in the plan commission packet would consolidate parcels into about 12.25 acres and construct a proposed 441,000 square‑foot data center (identified in staff materials as NTT CH 4). The proposal asks for several zoning exceptions and modifications, including increasing maximum building height (requests cited increases up to roughly 86 feet at the top of mechanical screening), increasing the permitted floor‑area ratio (FAR) to about 0.825 from the existing 0.6–0.72 threshold, reducing required landscape area along the west and north property lines, permitting lower exterior lighting levels (below 0.5 foot‑candles in some parking areas), reducing required bicycle parking spaces and treating off‑street parking based on office area and employee counts rather than total equipment floor area. Staff noted the building would contain about 34,000 square feet of designated office area and identified 25 employees at peak shift for parking calculations (staff estimated a required 102 parking spaces based on office area, with 28 spaces banked). The packet describes the building as intended for LEED certification and notes prior approvals for related parcels dating to 2017 and a 2023 ordinance amending prior approvals.

Staff and the plan commission had recommended removing two of the originally listed exceptions after review (for example, a setback exception that had been published based on an initial conservative classification of Pierce Road as an arterial rather than a collector). Gavanas told the board that the petition contains “a lot of detail” and invited trustees to review the plan commission packet before the next meeting.

Because no representative for NTT was present to take questions from trustees, Gavanas moved to table the item until a later meeting (the motion specified tabling until the 17th). The motion to table carried on roll call with trustees voting in favor and one trustee absent. The item will return to the board for discussion when the petitioner is present and trustees have had additional time to review the materials.

The packet and the staff presentation listed numerous technical items—building massing and facade articulation, mechanical screening height and setbacks, parking and bicycle parking calculations, required utility easement and vacation language for final plat recording, demolition permits pending utility disconnect letters and other engineering items—that staff said will be resolved through final engineering and permit review if the project proceeds.

Trustees were advised to review the plan commission exhibits and the developer’s presentation before the rescheduled hearing so they can ask technical questions in the petitioner’s presence.