The Data Center Divide
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Borough of Big Beaver
Neutral Data Center Policies
Big Beaver borough’s ordinance does not directly regulate data centers, but projects with battery storage or related electrical facilities may need conditional-use approval and added review, potentially increasing costs or delays.
current law · Big Beaver BoroughBig Beaver Borough Ordinance 245 amends local zoning to allow data centers in a commercial district and imposes special regulations on the use.Big Beaver Borough Ordinance 245
What this means
The proposal does not directly regulate data centers. But a data center project that includes battery storage or related electrical facilities could face conditional-use approval and added review requirements, causing some extra cost or delay (conditional uses in the Industrial District).
People behind it
- Jeff Magee
Moved approval of the 2025 amendments to Ordinance 245, moved to engage Environmental Planning and Design for zoning-amendment services, and seconded the motion to advertise Ordinance 250.
- Jessica Chaney
Seconded approval of the 2025 amendments to Ordinance 245 and moved the 2026 motion to amend Ordinance 245 to address additional zoning and acoustic items.
- Erin Walter
Moved to advertise and later re-advertise the notice of intent to adopt Ordinance 250, the amendments to Ordinance 245.
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- Deborah Eutsler
Seconded the motion to re-advertise the notice of intent to adopt Ordinance 250.
- Eli McCormick
Seconded the motion to engage Environmental Planning and Design for zoning-amendment services.
- Environmental Planning and Design
Professional planning consultant engaged to provide zoning-amendment services.
- Jennifer Gasser
Borough Administrator responsible for issuing the September 2026 notice concerning the proposed amendments to Ordinance 245.
- Jason Dailey
Interim Borough Administrator responsible for issuing the September 2026 notice concerning proposed Ordinance 250.
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Adds facility-scale and utility-scale battery energy storage systems, electrical substations, switchyards, and transformer facilities to the Industrial District as conditional uses, creating a permitting pathway for this supporting power infrastructure. The uses remain subject to conditional-use approval.
Creates a dedicated Battery Energy Storage Systems section with standards covering permitted locations, dimensional requirements, certification and regulatory compliance, application requirements, emergency management, utility will-serve letters, impact studies, operational plans, ancillary power infrastructure, and administration. This establishes a defined regulatory framework for approving and operating qualifying energy-storage facilities.
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