City Council passes tentative zoning for data centers
The passage on the Memphis City Council’s consent agenda followed a three-hour committee session that is the first in a series of four discussions the council plans to have this month. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Council members are still debating whether there should be a moratorium on new data centers to get public buy-in or at least an understanding of what the rules will do and what they won’t do.
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Memphis City Council Data center data center moratorium Chase Carlisle Rhonda Logan JB Smiley Jr. Philip Spinosa Jr Michalyn Easter-Thomas Amber Sherman Dr. Jeff WarrenBill Dries on demand
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