Summary
A resident with Snow Janesville warned that the draft zoning rewrite currently allows large data centers by right on industrial land with no public hearings, and urged the council to require their own zoning designation, big setbacks, developer-paid costs, decommissioning bonds, and independent impact studies.
At a glance
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Last discussed May 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
Unknown, but proposed requirements would shift infrastructure and emergency-response costs to developers.
Neighborhoods near potential data center sites and residents seeking transparency.
Developers would face stricter, costlier approval requirements.
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