After contentious datacenter fight, Culpeper County says it's learned a lesson

1. Clip 1 · 0:24 Culpeper Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, unchecked

   Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

   Developer representatives and economic development officials pitch capital investment, jobs, tax agreements, and utility infrastructure before Culpeper County Board of Supervisors.

   "my first stories I wrote was about uh an Amazon data center project in cul pepper back in 2022 uh than wer going great with that I believe it was a 243 acre development that was getting some pretty strong contesting from locals it was a rural development that was um a lot of locals were concerned it was being spot zoned they were worried about environmental concerns and noise noise you know uh worry um I understand the co pepper Tech Zone this 690 acre chunk"

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2. Clip 2 · 0:56 Culpeper County Board of Supervisors Member Elected Official In support auto captions, unchecked

   Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

   Culpeper County Board of Supervisors members review zoning, tax abatement terms, water allocation, and grid capacity during the approval proceedings.

   "whatever ended up happening with that Amazon Project is that still on or was it cancelled what uh can I get an update on that yeah so that was approved that's under construction uh we're looking forward to that coming online that process yes it was over 200 Acres the whole parcel they're only developing a very small portion of of that 200 um but we learned a lot through that process at the same time we were going through our comprehensive plan review uh for the"

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   Public commenters and local stakeholders raise questions regarding municipal water draw, tax revenue exemptions, power transmission, and long term community impacts.

   "single Tech Zone uh in the center of our County which is right around the town of Co pepper so we learned a lot through the process uh we felt like this was good refining um and a good place for our future data center developments cool so it's more adjacent to the town of col pepper then as opposed to being more rural like the Amazon data center basically correct okay cool and I understand that the one zone you've"

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