Staff presents preliminary plan for proposed data center campus at Broad and Main; site plan and variances anticipated
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Summary
City staff outlined a preliminary proposal for a roughly 90-acre data center campus at the southeast corner of Broad Street and Main Street, describing four large buildings, associated utility yards, on-site generators and a request list of future variances and plan-manufacturing approvals. No formal BZA action was recorded in the transcript for a
City planning staff presented an initial overview Oct. 14 of a proposed data center development on about 90 acres at the southeast corner of Broad Street and Main Street in Pataskala.
Staff described the overall concept as four large data-center structures (each roughly under 200 feet by nearly 1,000 feet in length) with associated utility yards on the south side of each building, an electrical substation and natural-gas generators. Total parapet height for the proposed structures was listed as 58 feet, 4 inches; staff said a height variance would be required. The proposal would also require plan-manufacturing approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission, which would forward a recommendation to city council for final action.
Staff cautioned the board that the details and the associated list of required variances could change depending on the outcome of specific variance requests and the plan-manufacturing review. No formal motions or votes on the data-center proposal were recorded in the portion of the transcript provided; staff indicated next steps would include submissions to the planning commission and additional variance applications.
The presentation included an aerial layout of the site and noted the property is currently used for agricultural purposes. Staff also noted that, depending on variance outcomes and plan modifications, the overall site plan may be revised before any planning-commission or council decision.
