The DeWitt County Board Chair is weighing in on the County's Land Use Committee taking up the County's ordinances around data centers.

Joe Witte told the Hart Media Group at last Thursday night's DeWitt County Board meeting, the Board approved a resolution affirming the fact that data centers are not addressed in the County's ordinances.

For Witte, the data center discussion is very premature. He feels opening up that discussion would definitely bring interest from someone looking to develop, but additionally, there is no interest in a data center in DeWitt County.

While many want the County to begin working on ordinances dealing with data centers, Witte points to when the County began addressing wind ordinances, and by the time they had a developer ready to build, the ordinances were old and outdated.

While many in the community have their concerns regarding data centers, Witte feels the County shouldn't be completely closed off to the idea of data centers, pointing to the power station with its second permit and plenty of land.

At last Thursday night's County Board meeting, there were several representatives from Exelon in attendance. 

Still to come with Witte this week at the Hart Media Group, another solar developer has submitted an application. Witte gives an update on that potential project.