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Irving planning commission backs CoreSite data center recommendation with conditions
Summary
The commission recommended the CoreSite data center zoning and a related conditional‑use permit to city council, citing voluntary mitigation including an air‑cooled system and expanded landscaping; commissioners expressed concern about off‑site power routing but voted to forward the case.
Tommy Mann, representing CoreSite, presented a plan for a multi‑tenant colocation data center on roughly 37 acres near Loop 183, describing two‑story buildings with 128,000‑square‑foot footprints and an expected two‑story gross area closer to 250,000 square feet per building. Mann told commissioners the company had voluntarily offered design enhancements beyond city standards, including an air‑cooled system and an enhanced landscape buffer of roughly 140 additional trees between the project and a nearby mobile home park.
“The building in and of itself will be a meaningful buffer from the noise from I‑83,” Mann said, and described the project as a deliberate, multi‑tenant…
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