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Council voice supports state moratorium, urges careful regulation of data centers
Summary
A councilor urged adoption of a council item supporting a state moratorium and legislation on data centers, saying the benefits and trade-offs are "massive" and regulation is needed to protect constituents.
Councilor Majak told the chamber that the data-center issue "around the country is a serious matter" and thanked the governor and state legislature for proposing a moratorium and new legislation. "There are benefits to data centers. However, the issues that they bring are massive," he said, and urged adoption of the council measure.
Majak said the council does not yet "know enough" about the trade-offs and that regulation is necessary to ensure residents and voters are properly represented. The transcript records the councilor's remarks urging support for the state-level moratorium and for careful local regulation; the meeting did not record a detailed staff presentation or technical data (e.g., land-use specifics, projected water or power demand) within the portions of the transcript provided.
