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Mayor urges clearer definition of 'data center' and planning code work after council moratorium
Summary
After the council approved a moratorium on data centers last week, Mayor William Judge urged drafting a clearer definition and the planning commission is expected to take up development-code work in coming weeks; staff said code review may delay formal parameters until next year.
Mayor William Judge used his report to tell the council he supports defining 'data center' more precisely following a moratorium the council approved the previous week. Judge said the city had an example of a 12,000-square-foot facility that housed servers for multiple companies but used little power, and that the term 'data center' covers a wide range of facility types.
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