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Chesapeake Delays Data Center Applications

THE CENTER SQUARE—Chesapeake is delaying some new data center proposals while it rewrites the rules for where the facilities can be built and how they’re reviewed.

The City Council voted 9-0 on July 21 to approve Resolution 26-R-042, temporarily delaying consideration of data center applications requiring rezonings or conditional use permits for up to eight months, or until it adopts a broader data center policy, whichever comes first.

City leaders said the delay gives them time to develop a clearer framework before making decisions on future projects. The resolution also removes the proposed comprehensive plan amendment from the Aug. 18 agenda to allow more time to review revisions, research industry best practices, gather public input and refine the policy.

The pause applies only to applications requiring discretionary land-use approvals. It does not affect projects currently allowed by right under the city’s zoning ordinance.

That distinction prompted officials to begin work on what City Attorney Catherine Lindley described as the first phase of the city’s........

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