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Planning board hears brief update on LD 307 moratorium on data centers
Summary
A board member updated colleagues on LD 307 and a reported statewide moratorium on new data centers; members noted the technical electricity requirements for data centers and said local sentiment about pursuing a moratorium was unclear.
Committee member Turner briefed the Reading Planning Board on LD 307, a legislative matter concerning data centers, saying the governor's office had indicated a statewide moratorium. Turner reported he had contacted Ken LeClair to ask whether Reading could pursue a local moratorium; board members noted data centers require very large electrical connections and that the town had not expressed a clear sentiment in favor of a local moratorium.
Turner framed the item as an informational update rather than a request for immediate action; board members discussed the potential trade-offs between industrial tax revenue and local land-use impacts.
