DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Dinwiddie County residents brought their questions about a controversial data center campus proposal directly to developers during a community meeting on Tuesday. Tract, a data center land acquisition and development company, is looking to build the Haven Oak Techno logy Park at the intersection of White Oak Road and Claiborne Road in Dinwiddie. The meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22, was initially formatted as an open house, where residents could ask the project team questions one-on-one. However, that quickly changed after attendees said they wanted the questions and answers to be collectively heard. Several speakers raised several concerns, including environmental impacts, water usage and the development's proximity to historical land. The site would cover nearly 1,000 acres adjacent to the White Oak Road Battlefield where several Confederate embankments remain under the preservation of the American Battlefield Trust. "Do you really think that a site less than 800 yards from a national park is an appropriate place for a 100-megawatt data center project?" one resident said. (Photo: 8News) In response to community feedback, Tract revised its proposal in August and shared those changes with residents at Tuesday's meeting. The revisions include removing planned buildings that would've been near the battlefield on the west side of the site. Developers have also lowered sound limits, increased vegetative buffers and switched to a closed-loop, waterless cooling system. "What that did was a 96-97% reduction in the estimated water usage," said Tract representative Joshua Botts. "That's just that's not us changing our estimate; that's the technology change." For some residents, these changes aren't enough to welcome the project. "There are people behind me that are going to wake up in the morning, and instead of seeing woods, they're going to be looking at these monstrous, built, you know, loud, noisy, light pollution emitting data centers," said resident Michelle Scheid. Tract said the development would generate tax revenue and bring 1,200 construction jobs as well as 350 permanent jobs. The developers have also committed to investments in workforce development, rural preservation, and historical resources. "We want to partner with the right nonprofit group that we can help conserve some of those lands that are strategic and valuable to protecting what Dinwiddie is today," Botts said. According to the county, Tract's application is currently under review by the Planning Department to determine whether it is complete and meets the county’s submission requirements. Following this review, the application will proceed through the public review process, during which residents will have an opportunity to weigh in before Dinwiddie's Board of Supervisors makes a final decision. Virginia is largely considered the data center capital of the world, as it has the largest data center concentration globally. ...read more read less