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Loudoun supervisors require special exception for most new data centers after March 18 vote
Summary
On March 18, 2025, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted to require a special exception for most future data center projects, reversing a decades-old interpretation that had allowed many proposals by right and ensuring public hearings and planning review for new applications.
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted March 18, 2025, to require a special exception for most new data centers, a change supervisors say will allow fuller public review of proposals near residential neighborhoods.
Chair Phyllis J. Randall said the March 18 vote was “the most impactful vote to date to mitigate data center development near residential neighborhoods.” She told the audience that a motion made by then-supervisor, now Vice Chair Mike Turner, passed with a supermajority, and that a limited number of data centers with existing BRI rights would retain that status.
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