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Board defers Stafford Technology Campus rezoning, presses for binding water and infrastructure guarantees
Summary
After extended debate over potable water, reuse systems, and transmission capacity, the Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to extend and re‑advertise the Stafford Technology Campus comp‑plan and rezoning application and deferred action to Sept. 17 so staff, utilities and the applicant can finalize water service and proffer language.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 20 deferred consideration of a large rezoning and comprehensive‑plan amendment proposed as the Stafford Technology Campus, citing unresolved questions about water infrastructure, proffer timing and long‑term utility commitments.
The project’s applicant and contract purchaser described the proposal as a clustered data‑center campus on roughly 262 acres that could include up to 5.8 million square feet of data center area, several electric substations and an east–west connector road. Staff and the applicant said proffers address buffers, sound testing, and a requirement that data centers use a reuse‑water cooling system when it becomes available. Until that reuse system exists, the applicant proffered a capped “bridging” potable water allowance and said it would build certain CIP (capital improvement…
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