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Planning staff: multiple data‑center sites in Caroline County are moving toward construction
Summary
Planning Director Leon Hughes told commissioners that several approved or near-approved data‑center sites — including an AWS site and Clean Ark projects — have active site work or imminent construction; staff said infrastructure work is under way and that site‑plan approvals remain the near-term steps for some projects.
At the Nov. 20 meeting, Caroline County Planning Director Leon Hughes briefed the Planning Commission on the status of several data‑center projects and said construction activity is imminent at multiple sites.
"The AWS site is under construction. They broke ground, a couple months ago," Hughes said, describing off‑site infrastructure work and sewer and water extensions being installed. He said a Bullard Church Road site where a groundbreaking occurred that afternoon is expected to begin construction "within the next couple of weeks," and that…
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