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Members note data‑center project excluded from corridor assessment scenarios

Powhatan County committee · January 22, 2025

Summary

Committee members clarified the data‑center project was not included in the sample assessment calculations used for Route 60 parcel scenario testing and discussed why data‑center projects should be treated as outliers in fiscal analysis.

Committee members and the presenter clarified that the data‑center project was excluded from the sample used to estimate future assessment impacts for the Route 60 parcel scenarios. The presenter said the analysis purposely left the data center out because such projects behave as anomalies with different revenue and tax profiles and proprietary business‑personal property (BPP) details that are not publicly disclosed.

Committee members asked staff to include separate, explicit analysis of the data‑center impact on the county's fiscal picture because board members previously discussed large revenue expectations associated with that project and committee members said they want clarity on how an approved data center changes the 85/15 projection.

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