This week was the annual conference for the Virginia Association of Counties and several members of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors attended the event in Bath County. This is a chance for elected officials across the state to meet with each other and learn about what’s happening elsewhere in the Commonwealth.
Newly re-elected Supervisor Bea LaPisto Kirtley said she attended a session called Virginia’s Energy Landscape.
“This one was truly worrisome because if your [Comprehensive] plan designates office, retail or office space, data centers can come in there with as little as five to ten acres,” LaPisto Kirtley said.
LaPisto Kirtley said she is concerned about the by-right use of data centers because they use a lot of water and energy. The video version for that event is not yet online but will eventually be available here.
In late August, Louisa County announced that Amazon Web Services will invest $11 billion in that locality to build two data center campuses.
At the meeting, Supervisor Ann Mallek became the President of the VACO Board of Directors.
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