County staff: data centers are valued by capacity (megawatts); Washington County hosts hyperscale facilities
Deputy county counsel and assessment staff described how data centers are defined and valued (megawatt-based valuation), noted hyperscale thresholds (cited 50 MW as a common lower hyperscale marker), and said Washington County already has facilities in the hyperscale range.
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Deputy county counsel Jason Bush read from the administrative rule definition for data centers and explained the practical meaning for county assessment and planning: "data centers... consisting of buildings or structures specifically designed or modified to house network computers and data transaction processing..." (administrative definition read during presentation).
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