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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Former Mass planner, listserv lurker, living in NC and working for many communities in Virginia providing some third-party review for data centers. Virginia is a hotbed for data centers, Northern Virginia,
but they are growing rapidly from that area to other parts of the state. Can confirm that water usage is a major consideration, as is energy demand and the sufficiency of energy infrastructure (upgrades to transmission and other lines, and additional substations
should be expected) and noise impacts, among others. There are of course positives from a tax revenue standpoint, which can be an important consideration for some municipalities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Indigo Planning LLC via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 2, 2025 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Data Centers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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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