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Larimer County approves 30-day pause on data center applications amid concern about utilities and code gaps
Summary
The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners approved a 30-day moratorium on processing new data-center facility applications to give staff time to draft definitions and regulations addressing electricity, water and other impacts; the moratorium was included and passed as part of the consent agenda (3–0).
Larimer County commissioners voted 3–0 on Jan. 27 to approve a consent-agenda resolution placing a 30-day pause on processing applications for data-center facilities in unincorporated Larimer County.
Community Development Director Rebecca Everett told the board that data centers are an “emerging land use” that can generate significant demands on electric and water infrastructure and that the county’s current land-use code lacks clear…
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