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Committee approves revised data-center zoning amendment for ZBA review after adding water and footprint safeguards
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee approved a revised zoning text amendment for data centers—adding annual water-use reporting, coordination with fire districts, a 20% electricity-reporting threshold and a new preference to minimize facility footprint—then voted to publish it for a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing in June.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted May 5 to send a revised zoning text amendment on data centers to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a public hearing in June after adding clarifying requirements on water reporting and site compactness.
The amendment, as framed by the committee chair, seeks to give McLean County “meaningful oversight while preserving enough flexibility” to address a range of data-center projects, from small modular facilities to large AI-server farms. Committee members said the revisions sharpen review areas including water use, power demand, emergency planning, road impacts, noise and site compatibility.
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