Planning Commission asks county staff for data-center fact sheet after work session

Jul 2, 2025

After a work session on proposed data centers, the commission voted to ask the Board of Supervisors to direct planning staff to prepare a concise fact sheet addressing site selection, water and power use, noise, jobs, and tax impacts.

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The Frederick County Planning Commission voted July 2 to request that the Board of Supervisors direct the county planning staff to prepare a concise fact sheet on data centers, listing site-selection criteria, water and power use, recyclability of water, expected jobs and whether they would be filled locally, noise levels and frequency maps, typical facility footprints, and tax and revenue implications.

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