Legislative Agenda

Overview

Prince William County supports the findings from the December 2024 Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (JLARC) study which recommends legislation that would: 1. Expressly authorize local governments to require and consider water use estimates for proposed data center developments; 2. Expressly authorize local governments to require sound modeling studies for proposed data center developments; and 3. Expressly authorize local governments to establish and enforce maximum allowable sound levels for operational data center facilities using alternative low frequency metrics and zoning ordinances. 4. (Agreed to by friendly amendment from Sup. Weir) Expressly authorize local governments to require and consider power load demand estimates for proposed data center developments; In addition, we support legislation which seeks to protect utility ratepayers from bearing the costs of infrastructure needs driven solely by the data center industry as well as address the risk of generation and transmission infrastructure costs being stranded with existing customers.

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