Select Board refers one-year data-center moratorium to Planning Board, considers extension
The Select Board voted to send a proposed 12-month moratorium on new data-center construction to the Planning Board for public hearing and asked staff to consult town counsel about adding six months to the moratorium to ensure adequate time for regulation-writing.
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Planning staff proposed a zoning amendment that would enact a temporary moratorium on new data centers for 12 months following town-meeting adoption, allowing the Planning Board time to research impacts and develop regulations on size, infrastructure effects and noise. The amendment would add a definition of "data center" to the zoning bylaw and target new, primary-use data-center construction while excluding incidental server rooms or internal company systems.
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