2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
25103561D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1984
Offered January 8, 2025
Prefiled January 7, 2025
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-2209.4, relating to siting of data centers; parks, schools, and residential areas.
PatronLovejoy
Committee Referral Pending
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-2209.4 as follows:
15.2-2209.4. Siting of data centers; parks, schools, and residential areas.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center, as defined in subdivision A 43 of 58.1-3506, shall only be approved for areas that are one-quarter mile or more from federal, state, or local parks, schools, and property zoned or used for residential use.