Negotiate community benefit agreements with numeric, measurable and independently enforceable thresholds
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Where a community has rezoning leverage, convert it into a binding agreement with numeric terms: decibel limits at named receptor addresses, an annual water cap, disclosed load, local hire percentages with a definition of local, and payments — all with funded, non-judicial enforc
City of Lancaster with the data centre developer, and a local community group · since 2026 · City
One of the first substantial community benefit agreements attached to data centre development in the United States, covering three facilities totalling roughly 2 million square feet, with 300 jobs and a 20-year term. Fi…
Total financial commitment20,250,000USD over 20 years
Letter of credit, decrementing per compliant facility10,000,000USD
$20.3M · Developer commitments totalling $20.25 million over 20 years · 1 source