Murrysville officials will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Sept. 2 prior to their council meeting on a new ordinance that proposes to address the development of data centers in the municipality. Some of the major points in the draft ordinance include:• Data centers would be permitted as a conditional use in Murrysville’s business zoning district. In that case, it must be screened from view using a landscape buffer, existing vegetation, a solid fence or one of the data center’s buildings. • Any energy-generation system used to supply power directly to a data center (solar, wind, fossil fuel or nuclear energy) will be considered a separate use subject to applicable zoning regulations. Data centers also are prohibited from using a design that draws primary cooling make-up water from private, potable wells.