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Council rejects proposal to add data centers as permitted use in airport zones after environment, power concerns
Summary
An implied motion to permit data centers in Provo’s airport industrial zones failed on a 0–6 vote after residents, environmental groups and councilors raised questions about power, emissions and appropriate locations.
The Provo City Council voted unanimously to reject an ordinance to add data centers as a permitted use within airport industrial zones at its April 8 meeting after staff recommended further review and public commenters urged caution.
Planner Nancy Robison said staff and public-works departments had met about data center impacts and concluded that multiple zones already permit data centers and that the council should first adopt clear standards and zone-specific constraints before adding more…
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