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Residents urge council to pause new data‑center permits over water and environmental concerns
Summary
Climate and neighborhood advocates asked the City Council to adopt a temporary pause on new data‑center permits until the city can craft permitting standards addressing energy, water and environmental impacts; speakers cited a recent planning commission resolution recommending a pause.
Two speakers during the public‑comment period on Feb. 12 urged the Reno City Council to pause data‑center permitting while the city revises local rules to address energy use, water consumption and environmental impacts.
Robin Palmer, who identified herself as a climate and community advocate, told the council that an administrative decision in the Reno Municipal Code gives little guidance to the planning commission when it reviews data‑center permits and that the planning…
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