<div dir="auto"><div>My opinion is that every community needs to make data centers and car washes only available via special permit. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">John Cruz, AICP<br><div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/johncarloscruz" title="View public profile" name="SignatureSanitizer_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_SafeHtmlFilter_webProfileURL" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:none;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,'Nimbus Sans L',sans-serif;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(0,115,178);display:inline-block;background-image:url(http://static02.linkedin.com/scds/common/u/img/sprite/sprite_profile_top_card_v4.png);background-color:rgb(246,246,246);line-height:13px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/johncarloscruz</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 2, 2025, 12:14 Indigo Planning LLC via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto">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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For those who aren't aware, there are municipalities across the country that are fighting against the establishment of data centers in their communities. </div>
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<div dir="auto">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</div>
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