NEWS: James City County Enters Data Center Debate
Planning Commission to consider new rules, including analysis of economic benefit
As data center development continues to expand across Virginia, James City County is among several localities reassessing regulations in order to control the spread. The Couty’s Planning Commission will consider changes that would restrict where data centers can be built and impose new conditions on their approval. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Building F Board Room at 101 Mounts Bay Road. If the Planning Commission votes to recommend the new regulations, the proposed changes will move to the County’s Board of Supervisors for final consideration at a later date.
The changes would introduce a formal definition of "data center" and remove their current status as a “by-right” use in several industrial and mixed-use zones. If approved, developers …
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