SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Data centers filled with computer servers are popping up across the country, including around San Antonio.<\/p>\n
But there is plenty of pushback. Some residents do not want them built close to their homes, while others are concerned about noise and how much power the facilities use.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did advocate for a specific use permit,\u201d said Rachel Hanes, Policy Manager with the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance.<\/p>\n
A specific use permit would require individual data-center plans to be presented to City Council and the public before construction begins.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpecific use means they would have to meet those specific requirements just to them, just to where they are located,\u201d Hanes said.<\/p>\n
But Bill Kaufman, a data center representative at the meeting, said that process would create too much uncertainty and slow development.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s too much uncertainty,\u201d Kaufman said.<\/p>\n
Instead, developers would prefer set rules that would allow them to begin building immediately if they meet the requirements.<\/p>\n
\u201cOtherwise, what are they gonna do? They\u2019ll go right outside the city limits on the other side of 211 and be in Medina County,\u201d Kaufman said.<\/p>\n
The proposed amendments are scheduled to go before the Zoning Commission on September 15. They would then move to the Planning and Community Development Committee before being presented to City Council for approval on October 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Data centers filled with computer servers are popping up across the country, including around San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-426821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}