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Council hears concerns about data centers and cryptocurrency mining; staff provided draft zoning ideas and moratorium option
Summary
Councilmembers discussed potential impacts from proposed data centers and cryptocurrency-mining facilities, including electric-grid strain, decommissioning risks and state preemption concerns; staff provided draft zoning text, a model moratorium and recommended definitions for a possible ordinance amendment.
Councilman Shoemaker raised potential long-term implications if data centers or cryptocurrency mining operations were proposed near Lincoln, asking the council to consider preparatory steps despite no current proposals targeting the city.
Shoemaker and other council members noted two primary concerns: increased electrical and water demand from large computing facilities and the difficulty of decommissioning sites if a company leaves.…
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