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Board and planning commission decline to advance two large data‑center plan amendments; members call for countywide study
Summary
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission declined to forward two proposed comprehensive‑plan amendments that would enable large data‑center campuses — Meadowbrook Technology Park (about 644 acres) and Winchester Gateway (105.63 acres) — citing unresolved questions about water, noise, power and impacts to farmland.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission on Oct. 26 did not move forward at this time with two proposed comprehensive-plan amendments that would enable large data-center campuses in the Back Creek area and near Route 37.
Both proposals — Meadowbrook Technology Park, a roughly 644-acre request to re-designate rural land for mixed industrial/technology park uses (presented as intended to allow data‑center development), and Winchester Gateway, a 105.63-acre proposal to add the property to the county's sewer and water service area and allow technology/industrial uses — prompted sustained public comment and lengthy questions from supervisors and planning commissioners concerning water use, noise, power transmission and the loss of agricultural land.
At the Meadowbrook presentation, applicant representatives described the technical reasons for choosing the site,…
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