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Select Board: data center work is on hold; town lacks site‑review rules
Summary
Staff told the board the previously discussed data center project is on hold; the town has no site‑review or zoning rules to require local permitting for large-scale developments, which is why residents are pushing for stronger local controls or ballot action.
Residents asked whether a previously discussed data center project would proceed and whether the town has local regulations to review large developments. Staff explained that work on the data center is currently suspended and that the developer is still interested but that the town of Jay does not have site‑review ordinances or town‑wide zoning to require local permitting of data centers and other large projects.
Staff noted that the absence of local site-review authority means some development steps move forward under state permitting rules, and cautioned residents that the town can only regulate activities that ordinances have authorized. Several residents urged the board to consider a ballot question or petition process that could create local controls for large-scale industrial or utility projects.
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