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Residents press Sedgwick County to extend data-center pause as staff reviews land-use rules
Summary
Dozens of Garden Plain-area residents told the Sedgwick County commission on Feb. 18 that proposed hyperscale data centers raise unanswered questions about water, power, property values and transparency. County counsel said an interim development control (a 90-day moratorium) remains in effect through April 17 while staff reviews zoning and works with a consultant.
Justin Wagoner, the county counselor, told the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 18 that an interim development control resolution approved by the board in January places a temporary pause on processing data-center applications in unincorporated Sedgwick County and remains in effect through April 17.
The moratorium was the backdrop for more than a dozen public comments, many from Garden Plain-area residents who described learning about proposed hyperscale "AI data center" projects only recently and urged the board to extend the pause. Craig Lubbers, a Garden Plain resident, said the centers could disrupt a local trajectory of school and community growth and asked the board to…
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