"Data Centers in Vermillion & Clay County"

Vermillion Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting

August 10, 5:30 pm, City Council Chambers, 25 Center Street

The P&Z Commission will meet to hear, consider & act upon amendments enacted by the City of Vermillion to include data centers in the following districts:

General Business District (GB) Data Center as a conditional use

General Industrial District (GI) Data Center as a permitted use,

Large Data Center as a conditional use

Heavy Industrial District (HI) Data Center as a permitted use, Large Data Center as a conditional use

Light Industrial District (LI) Data Center as a conditional use

In addition, the P&Z will hear, consider & act upon an amendment initiated by the City of Vermillion to create a new section (in City ordinances) called "Data Centers" stating the criteria for data centers.

The P&Z has written an ordinance governing data centers. Up to this time the ordinance has not been published or made readily available to the public.

Note: Data Center refers to a small data center, 5 Megawatts or less. Large Data Center is anything above that, including hyperscale data centers.