The Greensville County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a special‑use permit for the Otterdam Technology Group data‑center campus and a companion rezoning to include a 14.5‑acre parcel (tax map 11‑24B) in the county’s Technology Overlay District.

The board’s decision, made after staff and applicant presentations and a public hearing, includes the conditions attached to the staff recommendation. Jamie Craig, manager of Otterdam Technology Group, said the multi‑phase project could include up to eight data‑center buildings, a three‑story headquarters and supporting electrical infrastructure. “At full build out, this could generate somewhere around $10,000,000 a year for this county in revenue,” Craig said.

Why it matters: The decision clears a key local land‑use hurdle for a large project that the county says can add new tax revenue and infrastructure capacity. The applicant and staff both stressed that final timing and construction depend on a power‑availability study by the utility; Craig and staff said they expect a multi‑month timeline for the study, and the board specifically agreed to include conditions and to table definitive downstream approvals until the study is complete.

Details: Planning staff (presented virtually by a Berkeley Group representative) told the board the project spans nine parcels and that most surrounding land is agricultural, forested or undeveloped. Staff noted wetlands delineation and environmental reviews had been completed and that buffers and screening were required to limit visual and off‑site impacts. Attorney Lisa Murphy (Wilcox & Savage) explained the rezoning would add the parcel to the overlay without changing its A‑1 underlying zoning; the TOD regulations would supplement the A‑1 development rules.

During the presentation and Q&A, Craig said the applicant has set aside approximately 250 acres as undeveloped buffer area and expects Phase 1 to require about 300 megawatts of substation capacity. He acknowledged the project team is awaiting a Dominion power assessment and said the development timeline is tied to that study.

Board action and next steps: A board member moved to approve SP‑3‑2025 with the conditions included; the motion carried by roll call. The board’s approval authorizes the rezoning of parcel 11‑24B into the Technology Overlay District and adoption of the special‑use permit with conditions. The applicant indicated it will not begin major construction until utility availability and final site plans are confirmed.

What remains open: Staff and the applicant said additional permits—including wetland permitting and any required environmental coordination for species habitat—will proceed as part of site plan review and permitting. The board’s approval does not guarantee immediate construction; it establishes local land‑use approval contingent on the stated conditions and infrastructure availability.