More than 200 concerned residents from Gloucester and Middlesex counties filled a lecture hall and two additional classrooms at Rappahannock Community College’s Glenns campus last Wednesday, May 28, to learn more about and voice their opinions about the potential designation of the Glenns area as a Technology Overlay District. This would allow data centers to be developed in the northern part of Gloucester County.
“Know this is only the first public meeting,” said County Administrator Carol Steele, who gave the presentation. This meeting was not a public hearing to approve a data center or a Technology Overlay District, but an opportunity for the public to learn more and ask questions about the potential of this in Gloucester.
This initial meeting was held at RCC as the TOD would impact the northern end of the county the most. The only transmission line in Gloucester that could support a data center is located in Glenns. The meeting was held to gauge county residents’ interest in creat...