Draft requires utility capacity disclosures, closed-loop cooling and decommissioning plans for data centers
The proposed zoning language would require applicants to document electric, water and wastewater capacity and interconnection, ban wells as a water source, require closed-loop cooling, limit generator use and testing, and require a decommissioning plan with financial assurance.
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Section 749.08 would require site plans to identify utilities (water, wastewater, electric, gas), transmission lines, permits from outside agencies, emissions, grid interconnection details and confirmation of public-utility capacity before a data-center conditional-use application is accepted. Mrs. Dunlap told the commission the county would rely on applicants to demonstrate capacity and that utility upgrades would be the applicant’s responsibility.
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