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Does anyone have a good zoning definition for a data center that they can share with the rest of us?</div>
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<i>Carolyn Britt, AICP</i></div>
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<i>Ipswich, MA 01938</i></div>
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<i>978-356-9881</i></div>
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<b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org> on behalf of Jeff Lacy via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 2, 2025 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'John Cruz' <john@cruzweb.net>; 'Indigo Planning LLC' <questions-indigoplanning@outlook.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Mass Planners' <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Data Centers </div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">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. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">896 Graves Road</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">(413) 230-9693 (cell)</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Cruz via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 2, 2025 12:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Indigo Planning LLC <questions-indigoplanning@outlook.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mass Planners <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Data Centers</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My opinion is that every community needs to make data centers and car washes only available via special permit. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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.<br>
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For those who aren't aware, there are municipalities across the country that are fighting against the establishment of data centers in their communities. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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.<br>
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Delia Ferguson, AICP</p>
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