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Data centers; noise abatement.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

VA SB 288 · Senate Bill · 2024

Stage
Session ended
Started in
Senate
Sponsor
Danica Roem
Latest action
Jan 29, 2024

What it does

Data centers; noise abatement. Providesthat any local government land use application required for the sitingof a data center shall be approved only in accordance with certainnotice and noise abatement requirements. The bill provides that residentswithin a half-mile radius of the parcel shall receive notice of theproposed data center and that the data center operator shall holdtwo neighborhood meetings. The bill requires a data center operatorto design and build the data center to incorporate sound mitigationmethods sufficient to prevent the sound levels emanating from thedata center from exceeding the ambient noise levels that were observedin a baseline study, as determined by a…

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Where it stands

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

  1. Introduced (Current step)

    Introduced · Jan 29, 2024

  2. Committee (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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