Groton — The special Town Council and Committee of the Whole meeting to review a data center agreement has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. There will be an opportunity for public comment, according to a town notice.

The meeting will take place at Thrive 55+ (Groton Senior Center) at 102 Newtown Road and also virtually via Zoom.

NE Edge LLC, under manager Thomas Quinn, is seeking a host fee agreement with the town for land south of Interstate 95 between Hazelnut Hill and Flanders Roads. With the legislature providing 20- to 30-year tax exemptions for data centers, the proposed agreement sets forth the criteria for establishing one data center or potentially more on the land and also the revenue the town annually would receive in lieu of taxes. Quinn estimates the annual revenue at $1.5 million.

Town Manager John Burt said the special Town Council meeting will begin with an opportunity for public comment. After public comment, the meeting then will recess to a Committee of the Whole meeting for councilors to review the latest draft of the agreement. After the review, the Committee of the Whole meeting would be adjourned and the councilors would go back to the special Town Council meeting.

If councilors in the Committee of the Whole meeting recommend approving the agreement, they would then take up a resolution of approval at the special Town Council meeting, Burt explained. If they don't recommend it, the special council meeting simply will be adjourned, he said.

The latest draft agreement is available in the Committee of the Whole meeting agenda packet posted online at bit.ly/gtdataagenda. The town has posted the agendas and information about the proposal, as well as a host fee agreement that the town previously signed with Gotspace Data Partners for land off of Route 117/North Road, at bit.ly/gthostfee.