Four months after plans for a massive data center development were unveiled in Portage County, the debate over the project shows no signs of slowing down.
Over the next week, several hearings and meetings at Shalersville Village Hall and the Portage County Regional Planning Commission will examine the definition of “light industrial,” which is what the land was zoned for in the 1990s.
Township officials are considering language that would define light industrial uses as projects requiring less than 25 megawatts of power, far below what the proposed Bitdeer development would need…