Interview When we last checked in on Culpeper County, Virginia, people there contested the construction of an Amazon data center while officials tried to attract more server hosting farms to the area.
After contentious data center battle, Culpeper County says it has learned a lesson
Fast forward a couple of years, and while the proposed Amazon development ultimately moved forward, the county's strategy has changed. Instead of promoting five development zones filled with cloud computing centers, it opted instead for a more modest Culpeper Technology Zone, or CTZ.
“We learned a lot through the [Amazon] process,” Culpeper Economic Development Director Bryan Rothamel told The Register in an interview you can watch below.
"The power is not unlimited everywhere. We're taking a much smaller approach. We still want Culpeper to be Culpeper. We love our greenery, we love our farms."
