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Kathy Cahill asks Selectboard to place five-year moratorium on AI, crypto data centers
Summary
Visitor Kathy Cahill asked the Selectboard to include a warned article on the next Annual Town Meeting proposing a five-year temporary moratorium on siting and construction of AI and crypto data centers; the board agreed to include the article once a petition with 88 signatures (5% of voters) is filed.
Kathy Cahill asked the Town of New Haven Selectboard on Aug. 10 to place the following warned article on the next Annual Town Meeting: “Shall the voters resolve to adopt a policy to be reflected in the Town Plan to impose a 5-year temporary moratorium on the siting and construction of AI and Crypto Data Centers in the Town of New Haven?”
Selectboard members agreed to include the article on the warning once a petition with 88 signatures, or 5% of the number of New Haven voters, is filed with the Town Clerk. The board did not adopt the moratorium itself at the meeting; inclusion on the annual warning requires the petition threshold to be met first, per the board’s stated condition.
