The board also voted, 6-1, to have the county Planning Commission examine data center regulations.
Stafford supervisors raise meals tax to fund raises for school employees
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King George Planning Commission defers action on 356-acre data center project
Project is expected to generate nearly $19 million in annual tax revenue and more than $560 million over 30 years.
Stafford County supervisors take a shine to Hartwood solar farm
Board also discussed data centers, school funding, tax relief and county employee benefits.
Fit to be tied: Motion to require special use permit for data centers fails by deadlocked vote in Spotsylvania
Three supervisors voted to require a special use permit for data centers, while three others favored by-right development in Industrial zones. Supervisor Deborah Frazier did not attend the meeting.
Potential for ‘localized depression’ shapes budget talks in Fredericksburg
City council plans to advertise an increase to real estate tax of six cents per $100 of assessed value.
Spotsylvania Planning Commission recommends data centers ‘by-right’ in industrial zones
Special use permits still required to construct data centers elsewhere in county.
In Stafford, proposed data center regulation goes down by tight margin
Change would have required developers to obtain a permit for projects in parts of the county zoned for heavy industrial use.
The Silver Companies and STACK planning $10 billion data center investment in the city
Announcement comes hours after the city council voted unanimously to approve a Technology Overlay District.
Fredericksburg City Council approves Technology Overlay District
Votes pave the way for by-right data center development in Celebrate Virginia South.
Data centers in Stafford County? You’ll need a permit for those.
Developers would need conditional-use approval for facilities in heavy industrial zones.
Planning commission tells city to cool heels on Technology Overlay District
Following a lengthy public hearing on a zoning district for data centers, commission votes 4-3 to recommend denying approval.
Stuart’s bill passes committee, Caroline’s water permit won’t be impacted
Senate Bill 923, introduced by Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland), passed the committee level unanimously. A second bill introduced by Stuart, providing more oversight of data centers, advanced as well.
City defends ‘deliberate pace’ of data center pursuit during public input session
Residents raise questions about timeline and specifics of proposed Technology Overlay District.
EXPLAINER: Creating a Technology Overlay District in the City of Fredericksburg
City officials are proposing the district and associated framework for data centers.
JLARC data center report examines energy impact, sales tax exemption
The 77-page document covers economic/fiscal impacts, energy impacts and costs, natural/historic resource impacts, residential impacts, and the state’s use of tax exemptions to attract data centers.
‘Knock it off’: Caroline residents dismayed over attempts to expand PIRT for data centers
After disagreement over presentation, supervisors voted unanimously to delay amending comprehensive plan to expand technology district in Carmel Church.
Community meeting Thursday in Ladysmith to discuss data center project
The goal of the project is to construct several data center buildings, each containing up to 300,000 square feet for a total of 792,000 square feet of commercial space.
Press Rewind, Aug. 11-17
We covered data centers, the first day of school and a suprise scholarship.
Developer eyes data center campus on 83.5 acres near Cowan Boulevard
Southern-Maryland based Penzance submitted a pre-application to the City of Fredericksburg’s Technical Review Committee.
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