Council declines moratorium on data centers, asks staff to draft code definition and prohibition options
Council members heard that Newcastle’s code has no industrial zoning and therefore currently does not allow data centers; members asked staff to return with ordinance language to define 'large-scale data center' and consider explicit prohibition rather than a short moratorium.
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City Manager Pingel told the council that Newcastle’s current code contains no industrial zone and therefore does not permit data centers under existing land-use rules, a point staff said makes a moratorium unnecessary today.
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