Committee opens discussion on data centers; considers moratorium and public hearing
Sep 18, 2026
Committee members agreed to place a data-center zoning discussion on the Oct. 15 agenda after a member presented a handout noting Tell City's code lacks a data-center definition; members raised concerns about jobs, noise, and large power demands and discussed drafting a moratorium or ordinance language first.
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A committee member introduced a packet and raised a concern that Tell City's zoning code lacks a definition or clear rules for data centers, handing the committee an example ordinance and noting that another city recently adopted a two-year moratorium. "The 2nd page, some towns and cities have approached this from different...and then the next 3 pages...is the actual ordinance from the City of Washington that was adopted in August of this year," the member said, adding that Washington adopted what they believed to be a two-year moratorium.
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