Data center moratorium returns to City Council with new security measures
Protesters at Memphis City Hall erupted in anger when a vote on a data center moratorium was postponed on Tuesday, Oct. 6. (Noah McLane/The Daily Memphian)
Five ordinances and a resolution — all on data centers — top the Tuesday council agenda including a call for a moratorium on new data centers.
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