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Residents urge caution on data centers and call for transparency on water use and the comprehensive plan
Summary
Multiple residents questioned whether proposed data centers would use Rappahannock River water for cooling, warned of long-term abandonment risk, and urged transparency in the comprehensive plan revision; one resident asked the county to adopt a tiered meals tax to protect small businesses.
Several residents used the meeting’s public-comment period to press the county on development and fiscal issues, focusing primarily on data-center water use, comprehensive-plan transparency and proposed tax changes.
A speaker warned the board to “think carefully about the data centers” proposed in and near King George, saying residents near the Rappahannock River oppose siting on agricultural land because of potential impacts and the risk that facilities could be abandoned in 15–20 years. Aron Elias (James Madison District) said he was told at a…
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