Henrico County Delays Decision on Data Center Regulations Amid Community Debate

Henrico County delays decision on data center regulations amid community debate

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. Henrico County officials are reevaluating their strategy for regulating one of Virginia's fastest-growing economic sectors: data centers, which are large warehouses that house servers, computer processing equipment, and data storage devices.The Henrico Board of Supervisors voted Thursday night to delay making a decision on new regulations for data centers after more than three hours of public comment and board discussion."We …

Limiting vs. concentrating? Residents angry proposed data industry regulation would put all future centers in their community

UPDATE: Henrico will further workshop proposed revisions to its data center regulations HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Henrico County leaders are considering limiting where data centers can go up in the county. However, some community members fear their proposed regulations are not actually about scaling back the booming industry. Planning leaders will discuss an ordinance that ensures future data centers can only go up in certain parts of Varina…

Henrico looks to rein in data center growth with new White Oak overlay district - Richmond BizSense

The proposed Technology Boulevard Special Focus Area is highlighted in red. Henrico looks to be pumping the breaks on the recent rise of large-scale data center development in certain parts of the county. A special joint meeting of the Henrico Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors is scheduled for this afternoon, where both bodies are expected to consider the adoption of what’s dubbed the White Oak Technology Park Area Overlay District an…