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Select Board votes to pursue temporary moratorium on data centers
Summary
Board approved a motion directing staff to prepare language for a temporary moratorium on data centers and to submit it for a special town meeting so the planning board can draft guiding ordinances.
The Select Board voted to pursue a temporary moratorium on data centers to buy time for the planning board to craft appropriate local regulations. The motion directs the town manager to prepare moratorium language for submission to a special town meeting; members said the pause would allow the community and planning board to develop standards comparable to past processes for other technologies.
Board members framed the action as a preliminary step, not a final restriction: it temporarily halts new data-center permitting while staff and the planning board develop ordinance language and guidance for future proposals.
