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Calvert commissioners set early rules for prospective data centers after Mecklenburg briefing
Summary
After a briefing from Mecklenburg County officials about the long-term effects of campus-style data centers, Calvert County commissioners voted to require closed-loop cooling, ban wells drilled for cooling, mandate roof-runoff capture, require developers to pay infrastructure costs and set Tier 4 generator standards while staff drafts a zoning text amendment.
Calvert County commissioners moved to set preliminary requirements for any data center that might seek to locate in the county, after a detailed briefing from Mecklenburg County, Va., officials about that county’s experience with campus-style data-center development.
Alex Goshock, a Mecklenburg County supervisor invited to speak to the board, said the county’s long-term approach to data-center campuses transformed an old state-owned property and produced large taxable value. "That particular campus is, worth well over $1,000,000,000 in real estate assessment valuation," Goshock told commissioners, who…
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