Johnw Lyver News Today

The proposal, dubbed Mid-County Industrial Park, is a request to rezone 40 acres from agricultural to industrial and transform 20 acres of the Colchester Industrial Park on Dumfries Road into another data center complex with buildings up to 80 feet with the inclusion of an electric substation.

As data centre developers seek cheaper land and labour outside the hubs of southern California and northern Virginia, small cities from Phoenix to Oregon are scrambling to ensure their communities see the benefit.