Copper Hill enacts 24‑month moratorium on data centers, AI and cryptocurrency facilities (first reading passed)
On first reading the board approved Ordinance No. 202606014 imposing an immediate 24‑month moratorium on applications, permitting and construction of data centers, AI computing facilities and cryptocurrency‑mining operations in the city while officials study potential impacts; the ordinance defines 'high impact' as >1 megawatt electrical demand.
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The board held first reading and passed an ordinance establishing an immediate 24‑month moratorium on applications, permitting, construction, expansion or operation of data centers, artificial‑intelligence computing facilities, cryptocurrency mining operations and similar high‑impact computing facilities within the city limits (Ordinance No. 202606014). The ordinance text read into the record cited concerns about electric-grid strain, water consumption, noise and limited permanent employment relative to infrastructure demands.
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