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Planning Commission Public Hearing

January 28, 2026 · Planning Commission Public Hearing · Virginia

The Planning Commission Public Hearing discussed data centers 7 times at its meeting on January 28, 2026 in Planning Commission Public Hearing · Virginia. Each moment is linked to the meeting record below.

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  • …to area ratios to permit utility use. The applicant has added a minor special exception to modify the use spike buffering requirements for data centers in the southeast corner of the site specifically to eliminate the with river or stream corridor resources and Ypeasements associated with the storm water }du p(Q't to…

  • …would be for the buffer in this corner of the site. Staff notes that they use specific standards for screening requires for substations and data centers are similar in nature, but are two 6"`different standards. As such, two minor special exceptions are required for a similar Fr request in the same area of the site. T…

  • …on to there **tw removing some of that buffering. sure. A type c buffer is required here. The 25-foot wide buffer and specifically for the data center, it requires a berm in it. Berms are not permitted in the risker area which is the hatching in that sort of angular +r,tpart of the boundary. So the berm would not be i…

  • …r development plan, we are proposing a substation here. C,_substation type c biffer can include either a berm, a screen wall or a fence. A data center buffer has to include a berm.Ge@v we have a substation screen wall proposed }|here that will be installed no matter what, l>d`so we are not actually, you know, we will…

  • …ntal impact of the industry single handedly derailing U.S. Climate change efforts while simultaneously deepening the economic dependence on data centers. We agree with staff that the applicant should commit to design the site regardless of the approved end use to continue to utilize the neighboring storm water facility…

  • …what this application boils down to for us is the desperate need for flex industrial space. The actual land owned by the being outpriced by data centers. Here we have acting businesses adding the square footage, why is changing this relocating seemingly successful businesses. Why on Zso{earth is this the last one in th…

  • …hink 250,000 of flex industrial space I think less than a mile from this location. So in addition to potentially taking flex industrial for data center 1use, they're also adding a lot of flex industrial to the county. thank you. Anyone else?[@`\% -r okay. Seeing none. Does?{[>the motion maker have a closing? no closin…

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