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Waite Park council adopts 12-month moratorium on data-center developments
Summary
Waite Park city council approved a 12-month interim moratorium on data-center uses to give staff time to review ordinances, engage stakeholders and recommend zoning or regulatory changes; the ordinance includes a narrow exemption for small fiber-optic facilities with no water use.
Waite Park’s city council voted to impose a 12-month interim moratorium on uses associated with data centers to allow staff and elected officials time to study potential land-use, resource and community impacts.
A staff member told the council that while no formal data-center proposals have been submitted to the city, such projects are appearing more frequently in Minnesota and that existing…
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