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Council approves Planned Development for 173‑acre Forbes Road data‑center campus
Summary
Midlothian City Council voted 6–1 to approve a Planned Development rezoning for a 173.94‑acre site on Forbes Road, allowing a phased data‑center campus with multiple large buildings and a dedicated electrical substation.
Midlothian City Council on June 24 approved a Planned Development rezoning for a 173.94‑acre tract along Forbes Road to permit a data‑center campus, voting 6–1 in favor.
City planning staff described the site as consistent with the comprehensive plan’s industrial module and told council the PD allows up to eight roughly 300,000‑square‑foot buildings in phases, with a proposed electrical substation and mechanical cooling. Staff said the PD sets a maximum impervious cover of 70 percent and a maximum building height of 75 feet; rooftop mechanical screening was…
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