Board of Supervisors Business Meeting
The Board of Supervisors Business Meeting discussed data centers 29 times at its meeting on January 21, 2026 in Board of Supervisors Business Meeting · Virginia. Each moment is linked to the meeting record below.
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…s, please? Everyone turn around. He is in the back. [Applause] Thank you, sir. This will take me a minute. At the request of the applicant, cochran tech, exception, special exception 23 five-00025, has been deferred to a future business meeting for action. That is at the request of the applicant themselves. The rest of…
…those who MAY have missed budget guidance, the county, I should say the board, rejected staff's recommendation we lower the tax rate on the data center industry, basically. What the effect of that is, we are constraining ourselves to a certain growth rate in the operating budget. So we're going to have what the staff c…
…using fund, and then the motion that didn't pass, unfortunately, had us doing that as policy for the next three years. It is a great use of data center revenue. It is a great use for our housing fund to help build more attainable units additionally during budget guidance, chair randall made a motion that the cigarette…
…housing fund. That equates to just over 6 million additional dollars that will go into our housing fund at least until we see the growth in data center revenue leveling off, which we are planning for. When that levels off, we will have to be making decisions about what we want to do with that excess revenue if we still…
…er what we want growth rates to be over the next couple of years. If there is no excess revenue, it won't go in there. I have a feeling the data center industry will still be growing over the next 5 to 7 years. We will still be able to do this to help our housing fund and help folks be able to afford to live in loudoun…
…unicipalities. I believe this energy innovation forum will establish loudoun as the authority on clean energy transformation. Our unmatched data center concentration allows us to be a leader in energy innovation. i look forward to that forum. I am using item number -- lastly, perp real property tax rate for tax year 20…
…I did an interview with governing magazine. Loudoun, especially MR. Turner, me too, we're getting -- we are getting so many requests about data centers. Most of the requests are really about, most of my answers, are about land use. And tell people all the time that the first time you see data centers in any loudoun do…
…rs. Most of the requests are really about, most of my answers, are about land use. And tell people all the time that the first time you see data centers in any loudoun document was year 2000. They were classified incorrectly as office use and made as a by right office use. I don't blame anybody back then because they d…
…were classified incorrectly as office use and made as a by right office use. I don't blame anybody back then because they didn't know what data centers were going to do or how much they would proliferate. We know that now. Governing magazine is the nation's premier magazine for local government. I did things important…
…se I think that, for me, my advice to other counties they are a two-sided coin print and to understand your land use before you start doing data centers. On the 12th, I had a meeting of the midsize county caucus of which I am a vice chair. Of course, we will be all heading off to the conference in FEBRUARY. This is our…
…nts. Attachment 2 is a list of bills that stop is still reviewing and actively tracking point attachment 3 lists the legislation related to data centers. Section 4 is legislation related to reproduction rights. And finally, attachment 5 is related to housing and zoning legislation but I do want to highlight, there are…
…d to housing and zoning legislation but I do want to highlight, there are about 20 or so bills in the attachment, attachment three, further data centers. We do expect that that number will double or so in an attachment coming soon to you all. For your awareness. I think there is an overall theme of, you know, legislato…
…ment coming soon to you all. For your awareness. I think there is an overall theme of, you know, legislators try to do something related to data centers, related to noise, water consumption, power, you name it, and so, we are continuing to head up conversations to really see where the overall consensus Woodland on data…
…r consumption, power, you name it, and so, we are continuing to head up conversations to really see where the overall consensus Woodland on data centers as a whole. I think that legislators are still having those conversations as we speak. On attachment 5, I do want to highlight, there are about 40 bills related to hou…
…sically -- is A.I. Repeating my motion? That is so crazy, I wasn't even touching anything. That is scary. Okay, wow. [Laughter] The no more data centers. No, I'm just kidding. [Laughter] Okay, so, what this bill does is it allows localities to extend the days and hours of satellite early voting facilities beyond what i…
…Greg, followed by james russell, followed by craig. I am a resident of sterling. I live about 150 yards from the center, which is the only datacenter that has not connected to the grid. And has its own jet turbine power plants that for almost a year now has been giving out intolerable noise. That causes headaches. My…
…for having me. I am echoing with -- what greg was saying. I live in sterling, virginia. One day we are going to gush I'm not really against data centers. I understand the need for them. What they didn't tell us they were going to do was have it off the grid altogether. This gas powered system. It just makes this high-p…
…ys a year. It is worse when the winds come from the south. That carries the sound towards the houses. My house is about 100 meters from the data center. It is right against it. like a second I wasn't against it when it was first built. But no one said it was going to have this noise attached. It is constant. It should…
…wice. Okay. -- good evening. good evening. I am a resident, along with my other members behind me. I live about 20 of hundred feet from the data center. I have the same issues as they do. As a community, there is growing concern with the noise pollution going on. We can't sit outside on our decks. Can't open the window…
…line? Online. Okay. good evening, supervisors. On behalf of the piedmont environmental council, you've heard some speakers tonight who live data center self generated power until full grid power is available. These residents have critical insights. We expect other communities across the county will rapidly face similar…
…is available. These residents have critical insights. We expect other communities across the county will rapidly face similar situations as data centers look to locate natural gas generation or banks of nonemergency generators but we must learn from this case study and act now to protect residents. That means taking bo…
…, MADAME Chair. I generate my staff met with the percentages of commonwealth center motor club. On JANUARY 21 my staff spoke by phone about cochran tech. Weather permitting, which it MAY not, I will be holding my next direct town hall meeting on tuesday, JANUARY 27, at 7:00 P.M. At the auditorium at freedom high school…
…RY 7, my staff met with representatives of the realty application. On tuesday, JANUARY 20, my staff met with representatives to discuss the cochran tech application. And today my staff spoke with representatives for the commonwealth center motor club application. First, I would like to thank all of the broad run consti…
…ched with how many projects we have ongoing in the county. I appreciate you giving updates . I know the community is very interested in the data center, particularly the data center phase 2. I am glad you brought up you will be addressing noise, because we heard some speakers tonight bring up noise . And the need for n…
…is area is nonresidential, but I did care about taking care of the estate residents. I worked with the applicants. I want to make it clear, data center and utility substation. Those things are proffered out. Then, I worked with the./r\ applicant for more uses that are incompatible with residential. I was happy to see…
…d-use patterns we actually want. Under no scenario do I want a 65 foot building in this location. I understand behind it, we have part of a data center no longer permitted, so we don't know what will happen exactly. If you go back far enough, there is a bigger data center building. We don't want that in this area. That…
…we have part of a data center no longer permitted, so we don't know what will happen exactly. If you go back far enough, there is a bigger data center building. We don't want that in this area. That's part of the problem. You can compromise to a point, but if I don't hold to the standard I have been calling for, which…
…on this application. I'm going to have to be a no. thank you, chair randall. I will say that this property is proposed millions square feet data center, 70 feet high. I don't really think this is a residential area and I know that the day care supports this application and the surrounding businesses support this applic…
…ication. It really is in a residential area anymore. There will be a Scwsubstation application across the drive coming to the board for the data centers. This is largely an industrial area that has been industrialized. The applicants, I know that k>you worked hard and 45 feet is a great compromise to take care the resi…