BLACK & VEATCH
What passes regulatory muster in one county might violate standards in the next, even within the same state. Kathleen Margolis, Client Account Manager within Black & Veatch’ s Data Centre Mission Critical Group, describes this fragmentation:“ AHJs by nature are regional... There are communities that are ready to accept data centre developments, and there are those that are not.”
This variation forces location-specific expertise and community engagement strategies that can’ t be standardised across developments.
“ We’ re also seeing some instances based on jurisdictions, staffing issues and so getting permits into those and getting them reviewed has taken up a lot of time”
MIKE RINKOL, AIR REGULATIONS & SCIENCES LEADER, BLACK & VEATCH datacentremagazine. com 63