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Developer pitches 300‑MW data center on county‑owned site; residents press for moratorium and transparency
Summary
A developer proposed a 300‑megawatt data‑center campus on county land in exchange for a $30 million park commitment. Commissioners and dozens of residents raised concerns about power, water, noise, permitting and an opaque process; one commissioner plans a moratorium vote April 7.
A Maryland‑based developer presented a conceptual plan on March 24 to build a 300‑megawatt data‑center campus on roughly 133 acres of county‑owned property that had been identified in a past master plan for a regional park. Tommy Natale of Natale Holdings told the Board of County Commissioners the campus would include four large data halls, a substation and supporting infrastructure, and said the company would commit $30,000,000 to design and build a regional park if the county sells the site and the transaction closes.
The developer emphasized the project would reuse previously disturbed areas and pay for required grid upgrades. "We will secure that if we move forward at the time of closing with a construction bond that the county will hold," Natale said during the presentation. Consultants described a conceptual layout with the nearest house about 1,000 feet from the buildings and average building footprints of about 220,000 square feet.
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