DCAP POSITION
Responsible development, not a blanket no.
Data centers can be part of communities that want them. Size, scale, location, water, power, environmental design, public cost and accountability all matter.
DCAP asks for a project-specific framework before a development of this scale becomes precedent:
- clear definitions and public-review thresholds;
- residential and sensitive-receptor siting standards;
- full-build power and water disclosure;
- low-frequency and tonal-noise standards;
- generator, battery, fire and emergency plans;
- cross-jurisdiction consultation where impacts cross boundaries;
- public disclosure of incentives and infrastructure commitments;
- clear allocation of incremental infrastructure costs.
We can build the technology America needs. But the rules and the facts should arrive before the concrete.
