Council adopts one-year pause on new data center construction
The Milwaukee Common Council approved, by unanimous consent, a substitute ordinance placing a one-year temporary pause on new data center construction (file 251,924) to allow time for regulatory review amid constituent concerns about economic, land-use and environmental impacts.
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The Milwaukee Common Council granted unanimous consent to a substitute ordinance imposing a one-year temporary pause on data center construction in the city (file 251,924). Alderman Marina Dimitrijevich, who introduced the item, said the pause will give the council time to “craft the careful regulatory frameworks that are needed to protect the public interest” before additional data centers are built.
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