“City Council has already stated publicly it will allow the data center developers to use city drinking water to cool their buildings for an unspecified period of time while the recycled water pipeline is being built,” posted Inform Fredericksburg on Facebook. “This creates a whole other set of problems that have yet to be discussed publicly by City Council.”
“So, here’s the question every city resident should be asking: Who’s going to pay to expand the city’s water treatment plant to accommodate a single user?” the post continued. “Taxpayers or the developer?”
The post raises concerns about the long timeline and cost of building a recycled-water pipeline from Fredericksburg’s wastewater treatment plant to a proposed data center campus near River Road in Spotsylvania County.
It also questions whether the city has enough potable water capacity to serve residents, approved new housing, and a data center simultaneously, noting that no public discussion has occurred about who would fund potential expansions to the city’s drinking water or wastewater treatment facilities.
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