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Residents urge Durham council to impose long moratorium on hyperscale data centers
Summary
At a Durham work session, dozens of public commenters and some council members urged a lengthy moratorium on hyperscale data centers, citing water, environmental and community impacts; petitioners presented 735 signatures and asked for a 32-month pause while the city studies policy options.
Public comment at a Durham City Council work session focused heavily on a proposed temporary moratorium on approvals for hyperscale data centers and related high-impact data processing facilities.
Several speakers pressed the council to adopt a long moratorium to allow study of environmental and community impacts. Leslie St. Dre (S18) of Community Land and Power and the Stop Data Centers in Durham Coalition said the group delivered a petition of 735 signatures and urged a 32-month moratorium — "That's what's held up in courts before for development moratoriums," she said — and requested…
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