The Data Center Divide
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Town of Pittsboro
Pro-Data Center Policies
Pittsboro approved rezoning a large site from agricultural to warehouse-industrial use, enabling a data center campus. The project must connect to town utilities and improve roads.
current law · Town of PittsboroAuthorizes rezoning about 626 acres from agricultural to warehouse-industrial use, allowing a data center campus to be built there.Pittsboro Town Council Vantage Data Center Rezoning Approval (March 2025)
What this means
The rezoning would make a large site available for a data center campus, a substantial boost to building there (the change from agricultural to warehouse-industrial zoning). The project would have to connect to town utilities and make road improvements, but those conditions are modest compared with the development opportunity (utility connection requirement).
People behind it
- Vantage Data Centers
Applicant that proposed the rezoning of approximately 626 acres from Agricultural to Warehouse Industrial for a data center campus.
- Pittsboro Town Council
Municipal body that approved the rezoning ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
The data center must connect to Pittsboro’s water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities; temporary wells or septic systems may not be used for operations.
Vantage must make road improvements to county roads in cooperation with the Hendricks County Highway Department, INDOT, and the Town of Pittsboro where applicable.
The project must exceed the Town of Pittsboro’s landscape-buffering requirements and plant mature trees where possible to screen the data-center structures.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions6
The town approved rezoning approximately 626 acres from Agricultural (Ag) to Warehouse Industrial (I-1), permitting the proposed data center campus on the Smith Family Farms property.
The data center must connect to Pittsboro’s water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities; temporary wells or septic systems may not be used for operational purposes.
The project may use air-to-air cooling or an air-cooled glycol-based system, avoiding cooling methods that require significant amounts of water.
Vantage is responsible for making road improvements to county roads in cooperation with the Hendricks County Highway Department, INDOT, and the Town of Pittsboro where applicable.
Vantage’s electrical source is to be separate from the residential and commercial electrical sources in the surrounding area.
The project is to exceed the town’s landscape-buffering requirements and use mature trees, where possible, to screen the data-center structures.
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