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LaPorte County commissioners ask Planning Commission to consider ordinance restricting data centers to industrial zones
Summary
LaPorte County commissioners voted to ask the County Planning Commission to draft an ordinance restricting data centers to industrially zoned areas and creating additional siting requirements.
LaPorte County commissioners voted to send a resolution to the County Planning Commission directing staff to consider a data-center ordinance that would restrict siting to industrially zoned land and impose additional requirements, including water- and energy-use mitigation and siting setbacks.
The board moved the item up on the agenda so residents testifying at length would not have to wait through the entire meeting. After the resolution was read by title as Resolution No. 2025-7, commissioners discussed process and potential environmental and infrastructure impacts before approving the measure by voice vote; the vote was announced as passed and recorded verbally as 3–0.
Why it matters: dozens of residents spoke during an extended…
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