Hutchinson is taking steps to regulate data centers before one is proposed in the city.
The drafted rules would limit where the facilities can be built and address their potential impact.
City leaders explained that data centers can bring economic investment, but also require significant amounts of water, electricity and land.
“There’s two sides of the quarter there of Hutchinson,” Elaine Carter, Hutchinson Planning Commission chair, said. “There’s the culture of not in our backyard, but there is also the culture of forward progress. So I think we want to maintain our homegrown values and we really want to protect our most vulnerable citizens.”
Data Centers are on the agenda for an upcoming meeting…
The planning commission is holding a public hearing on the regulations on Nov. 10, and the city council is expected to look at the rules on Dec. 1.
The drafted regulations are included in the planning commission agenda below.
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