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Board: data-center approvals will be decided by planning board; residents should watch hearings
Summary
When residents asked about a proposed data center, the town board clarified that the planning board—not the town board—will decide local approvals and urged residents to attend planning-board hearings where site-specific facts will be examined.
A resident asked whether board members had visited a comparable data center and whether the board would rely on firsthand site visits before voting on approvals. A board member responded that the town board does not decide data-center approvals and that such projects are reviewed by the planning board; he said the planning board will ask specific technical questions about the company and the site when the application is filed.
Officials urged residents to engage with the planning process, noting that planning-board review includes detailed, site-specific inquiry and that the town board's role is limited to policy-level actions such as moratoria. The board said the planning board will examine details like land use, stormwater and other impacts when a complete application arrives.
