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  "id": "va-loudoun-zoam-2024-0001-datacenter-spex",
  "jurisdiction": "VA",
  "kind": "ordinance",
  "status": "enacted",
  "title": "Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Amendment ZOAM-2024-0001 / Comprehensive Plan Amendment CPAM-2024-0001 (Data Center Standards and Locations, Phase 1)",
  "citation": "ZOAM-2024-0001; CPAM-2024-0001 (Loudoun County, Virginia)",
  "docket_no": "ZOAM-2024-0001 / CPAM-2024-0001",
  "agency": "Loudoun County Board of Supervisors; Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning",
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  "snapshot_built_at": "2026-09-14T14:33:17+00:00",
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      "url": "https://loudoun.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=89&clip_id=7887&meta_id=259120",
      "pinpoint": "p.2 (\"BACKGROUND\")",
      "quote": "ZOAM: Revise the Zoning Ordinance to designate data centers as a SPEX use in the Industrial Park (IP), General Industry (GI), and Mineral Resource – Heavy Industry (MR-HI) Zoning Districts, where they are currently permitted uses by-right.",
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      "title": "Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Business Meeting Action Item, \"CPAM-2024-0001 & ZOAM-2024-0001, Data Center Standards and Locations, Phase 1\"",
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      "url": "https://loudoun.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=89&clip_id=7887&meta_id=259120",
      "pinpoint": "p.3",
      "quote": "The Board held a Public Hearing on February 12, 2025, during which a total of 32 members of the public spoke and 54 public comments were provided to the Board. Some speakers opposed the proposed amendments, citing potential negative impacts to data center development, impacts to industries related to data center development, and the potential for more stringent regulations to displace data centers to other localities. Several spoke in support of the proposed amendments, citing the importance of regulating data center development to mitigate cumulative potential adverse impacts on the environment, the residential neighborhoods, and on the quality of life; the proliferation of electrical transmission infrastructure and substations to serve new data centers; the need for greater economic diversification in the County; and the loss of land available for other uses including flex and warehouse.",
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      "title": "Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Business Meeting Action Item, \"CPAM-2024-0001 & ZOAM-2024-0001, Data Center Standards and Locations, Phase 1\"",
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      "url": "https://www.loudoun.gov/6221/Phase-1-Project-Plan-for-Data-Center-Sta",
      "pinpoint": "\"Data Center Standards and Location Phase 1: CPAM-2024-0001 and ZOAM-2024-0001\" section",
      "quote": "On March 18, 2025, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved the Data Center Standards and Locations Phase 1 Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPAM-2024-0001) designating data centers a conditional use in the 2019 General Plan, and a Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOAM-2024-0001), requiring Special Exception (SPEX) approval for data center uses in the Industrial Park (IP), General Industry (GI), and Mineral Resources-Heavy Industry (MR-HI) zoning districts.",
      "quote_chars": 461,
      "title": "Loudoun County, VA, \"Phase 1: Project Plan for Data Center Standards & Locations\" (official county webpage)",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/04/loudoun-county-virginia-eliminates-by-right-data-center-development",
      "pinpoint": "article body, paragraphs 1-2",
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      "title": "Holland & Knight, \"Loudoun County, Virginia, Eliminates By-Right Data Center Development\"",
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