Greensville planning commission recommends approval of MayMac data center campus with timing conditions

The Greensville County planning commission voted 6–0 on Nov. 12 to recommend approval of Special Use Permit SP 42025 for the MayMac Tech Campus, a proposed multi‑phase data center campus on about 466 acres near Otterdam Road. The recommendation includes 12 staff conditions and a revised timing condition requiring the applicant to commence land‑disturbing activity within a defined period following permit approval.

County staff and the applicant described the project as a campus of up to 12 data center buildings on parcel record numbers 1653 and 1653A. Kate Jones, presenting the staff report, said the buildings would be capped at 80 feet and that the project would include on‑site power infrastructure such as substations and natural gas backup plants. Jones told the commission the applicant had not supplied a total megawatt figure but estimated 'each data center will demand approximately 200 to 330 watts per square foot,' and said a transmission load study with Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative and Dominion Energy had been initiated to determine…