Wheeling Officials to Discuss Zoning Code for Data Centers
Wheeling officials will discuss a proposed zoning code section specifically regulating data centers and related facilities. The proposal follows public concerns about Silicon Foundation’s planned data center and energy technology campus at the former Centre Foundry & Machine Company site in Warwood.
The Wheeling City Council Rules Committee is scheduled to discuss a proposed zoning-code article titled “Data Centers and Facilities Regulatory Authority.” City Manager Robert Herron said the measure would add language specifically addressing data centers within city limits.
The discussion follows months of public concern about Silicon Foundation’s proposed data center and energy technology campus at the former Centre Foundry & Machine Company facility in Warwood. The proposal is expected to be considered as part of the council’s broader meeting agenda, but the article does not indicate that the regulations have been formally adopted.