JAMES CITY — The James City County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday to further hammer out how it plans to deal with potential data centers.

In September, the county amended its zoning ordinance to restrict data centers to the county’s general industrial district, and to require a special use permit. Supervisors are now reviewing a policy that would spell out expectations for how and where potential centers could be built, including guidelines on design elements, noise impacts and water and electricity use.

Also known as data processing centers, data centers are facilities made to store, process and manage digital data. Typically warehouse buildings, the facilities hold computers, network equipment and more components focused on operating digital data. Alongside other Virginia localitie

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