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Planning board adds data-center definition to warrant, asks for noise and power criteria and peer review options
Summary
The board agreed to include a drafted data-center definition in the zoning articles for the upcoming town meeting and discussed adding quantitative noise limits, recycled-water language, peer review and treating data centers by special permit in industrial districts; members also discussed temporarily restricting uses until criteria are finalized.
The Town of Northborough Planning Board reviewed and agreed to place a drafted data-center definition and special-permit criteria on the town-meeting warrant on Jan. 20, while asking staff to add clearer quantitative benchmarks and a mechanism for technical peer review.
Planner staff presented a definition synthesized from model bylaws and neighboring towns and suggested special-permit criteria to address typical concerns such as power demand, noise from…
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