Commission votes to send proposed IT/data‑center conditional‑use language to county for public hearing

Feb 12, 2026

After hearing staff concerns about potential high water and power demands from large information‑technology/data centers, the commission voted to send a proposal to treat such facilities as conditional uses (industrial only, by amendment) to the Board of County Commissioners for a public hearing.

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The Albany County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to send staff’s proposal to make information‑technology facilities (including large data centers) subject to conditional‑use review to the Board of County Commissioners for a public hearing.

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