[Massplanners] Data Centers

[Jeff Lacy]

Or, towns can prohibit data centers in all but general industrial zones (at least for now before the state legislature in their wisdom, makes them the newest 40A, Section 3 exemption). This avoids the encouragement of dangling a special permit out there for applicants to invest their hopes in, and saves all parties the time, costs, appeals, and bad feelings that arise from not granting the permit.  

 

Jeff Lacy

Rural Planning Associates

896 Graves Road

Conway, MA 01341

(413) 230-9693 (cell)

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My opinion is that every community needs to make data centers and car washes only available via special permit. 

 

John Cruz, AICP

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On Wed, Jul 2, 2025, 12:14 Indigo Planning LLC via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org <mailto:massplanners at masscptc.org> > wrote:

Admittedly I don't know where opinions are on this but I did want to share: a central MA town is receiving email inquiries from a company called Paces about its local regs for data centers. 

For those who aren't aware, there are municipalities across the country that are fighting against the establishment of data centers in their communities. 

 

Amongst the other issues, significant water consumption is a major concern which doesn't impact just the municipality the data center is in but also residents in surrounding municipalities that rely on well water.

Delia Ferguson, AICP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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