The Henrico Planning Commission last week endorsed plans for a proposed 622-acre data center complex in Sandston, despite uniformly negative feedback during a public hearing from nearly 20 speakers about the project’s potential environmental impact and the possible loss of a portion of a Civil War battlefield on the site. Following a two-and-a-half-hour hearing April 11, the commission voted 4-1 to recommend that the Henrico Board of Supervisors approve Richmond developer Hourigan’s plans to rezone the site (located at the southeast corner of the I-64/I-295 interchange in Sandston, adjacent to the White Oak Technology Park) from an agricultural to a...Article Link

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