Butler County commissioners propose edits to draft data-center regulations, including removing power-demand column

Jul 28, 2026

County staff and commissioners discussed removing the megawatt/power-demand column from the draft, making Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center disclosures optional, adding setbacks for modular units and setting a 60-foot height variance limit, then circulated revised exhibits to planning commissioners ahead of next week’s hearing.

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County staff and several commissioners proposed targeted edits to the draft data-center regulations that would narrow the rules to land-use factors and leave technical power and storage details to the conditional-use process.

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