Your Hour With APA Virginia: Planning for the Infrastructure of the Digital Age | August 2023
CM # #9275604
As the digital age continues to flourish with incredible amounts of information available at the click of a button and data intensive machine learning programs becoming widely available, the infrastructure to make it all possible is resulting in major land use changes and infrastructure expansions. While growth within the major data center hub of northern Virginia continues at a fast pace, communities throughout Virginia are now starting to see more proposals for data centers. We are at a critical point in this global transformation and planners will have a key role in this transition to a digital future. This session will cover trends in data center development, forecast for energy demand in Virginia, and land use impacts and externalities of data center development such as transmission lines, substations, and energy generation facilities along with recommendations for proactive collaboration with the local utility on data center planning, establishment of clear policies that minimize land speculation, zoning language and conditions to help mitigate impacts on communities and environment, and practices that can help maintain the public trust.
Speaker: Julie Bolthouse, AICP, Piedmont Environmental Council
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