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Commissioners report Mecklenburg data center site visit; discuss jobs, water, power and tax impacts for county planning
Summary
Southampton County commissioners described a field trip to a Mecklenburg County data center and training center, reporting on site scale (~250,000 sq ft), construction timelines, limited long-term on-site staffing estimates, water-cooling and substation needs, and substantial tax revenue estimates cited by presenters.
Members of the Southampton County Planning Commission reported on a December field trip to a Mecklenburg County data center and accompanying training center, which commissioners said offered lessons for local planning on industrial siting, workforce development and infrastructure.
Unidentified Speaker (S4), who led the report, described the site as a 'pad-ready' industrial location with water, roadway and a substation in place. He said the building they toured was roughly 250,000 square feet and compared in scale to a single-story 'supersized Walmart.' He summarized that construction can take about two years for such large centers and that long-term staffing at a…
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