Residents urge moratorium and a 1,500-foot buffer for data centers
Multiple residents told council they fear health, environmental and infrastructure impacts from AI/data centers and urged a moratorium or a 1,500-foot buffer from residential areas while rules are developed.
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At the start of Tuesday's meeting several residents used the citizens-communication period to ask the council to slow or block new data centers in Victoria until further study. Delena Cornett, a 46-year teacher who said she moved to Victoria for clean air, said communities should demand a one-year moratorium on new AI data centers and their power sources within city limits, citing air-quality, chemical and water concerns.
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