Data Center Community Impact: A Town-Hall Checklist

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Power + grid

What is the contracted peak load in MW?What annual electricity use is expected in MWh or GWh?Which utility tariff and customer class apply?What generation, transmission, or substations must be built?Which upgrades are project-specific, and which are shared system investments?What minimum billing, collateral, exit fees, and customer ramp apply?Who pays if the project is delayed, downsized, or canceled?What emergency curtailment or demand-response obligations apply?

Water + environment

What are annual and peak-summer water withdrawals?How much water is expected to be consumed rather than returned?Is the source potable, reclaimed, surface water, or groundwater?What cooling technology will be used, and can it change later?What backup generators, air permits, noise limits, and testing schedules apply?What watershed or aquifer conditions apply during the highest-demand season?How much indirect water is associated with the electricity supply?

Land + construction

What land-use approvals and public hearings are still required?What traffic, road, noise, lighting, and construction-hour limits apply?Which project phases are proposed, permitted, contracted, under construction, or operating?What decommissioning, site-restoration, or financial-assurance obligation survives closure?

Jobs + procurement

How many construction job-years—not just workers—are expected?Is the construction figure peak headcount, cumulative workers, direct jobs, or jobs supported?How many permanent jobs, in which occupations, and at what wage range?How many ongoing contractors are separate from permanent direct employees?What apprenticeships, local-hiring targets, and enforcement terms are written down?What local-procurement amount is contracted rather than projected?

Public value + enforcement

What tax abatements, incentives, or infrastructure support are requested?What tax revenue is guaranteed versus modeled?What public infrastructure is funded by the developer, utility, locality, state, or federal government?Is the community benefit agreement binding, funded, time-limited, and publicly available?What annual public reporting is required, and who verifies it?Which penalties, clawbacks, or enforcement mechanisms apply if commitments are missed?

Ask for the underlying filing, permit, agreement, or study—not only a presentation slide.