HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-09-21 Amara Karuna SupportFrom: Amara Karuna
To: Planning LPC Testimony
Subject: I support the intent of Bill 170
Date: Monday, September 21, 2026 4:35:54 PM
I support the intent of Bill 170, section 1, and urge the Leeward
Planning Commission to recommend a stronger definition of
"data center" that distinguishes data-center processing. The
original bill defines a data center using subjective language
that a developer's attorney can easily argue around in court. I
am asking the commission to recommend an objective,
airtight definition grounded in what the facility physically
contains and how much power it draws.
Specifically, I am asking the commission to recommend this
language:
"Data center" means a facility used for the industrial-scale
operation of computer systems and associated equipment [for
the processing, computing, transmission, or dissemination of
digital data] that requires supporting infrastructure beyond
that typically accessory or incidental to office, commercial, or
public and private institutional uses[., including a single
facility and any campus of multiple facilities under common
ownership or control whose combined electrical demand
meets or exceeds 5 megawatts.
Mahalo, Amara Karuna, Pahoa, HI