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Fluvanna planning commission backs requiring special-use permits for data centers
Summary
The planning commission voted 5-0 to recommend a zoning text amendment that would move data centers in I-1 and I-2 districts from a by-right use to one allowed only by special-use permit, citing water, energy and siting concerns and asking the board to consider a technology overlay district.
Fluvanna County’s planning commission voted unanimously on Nov. 18 to recommend that the board of supervisors amend the county code to require special-use permits for data centers in industrial districts.
The planning commission’s motion, made during a public hearing on ZTA 25-10, would change several sections of the zoning ordinance and update the county’s definition of “data center” to read in part as a facility used primarily for the management, processing, storage and transmission of digital data and to note supporting infrastructure such as generators, water cooling and utility substations. Planning staff told…
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