The council advanced Ordinance 2127 on first reading to add data-center standards to the Unified Development Code, including a 10-megawatt threshold that triggers conditional-use review and the option for independent technical review; public commenters raised concerns about setbacks, low-frequency noise metrics, water use and decommissioning bonds.

City staff summarized conservation programs including WaterUSE IT Wisely, a residential grass-to-x incentive, WaterFluence budgeting for HOAs, irrigation-equipment rebates, and recent park and right-of-way turf removals supported by WIFA grants.

Council adopted a one-year moratorium on acceptance, processing and approval of data-center applications (1 MW+ load) to give staff time to draft land-use regulations addressing power, water, noise and infrastructure impacts; council coordinated with Mesa County and Fruita and took public testimony raising water-use, bonding and nondisclosure-agreement concerns.

Canada can develop data centres responsibly with transparent energy and water use, Indigenous rights protection, lower emissions and lasting community benefits.

Multiple Tehama County residents urged the Planning Commission to require full environmental reviews or impose a moratorium on data centers, raising concerns about water use, local jobs, noise, visual impacts and health effects during the Oct. 15 public hearing.

The survey of 92 studies said that bias leaves major gaps in evidence on water use and carbon storage in other climates.

Dozens of Carroll County residents urged supervisors not to cede approval rights to a regional authority for potential data-center development at Wildwood, raising water-use, environmental, NDAs, jobs and revenue questions.

Dauphin County planning staff briefed commissioners on two large Swatara Township data‑center proposals totaling an applicant‑claimed $10.5 billion in investment; commissioners approved staff comments but raised concerns about missing noise and water studies, visual impacts, grading and a proposed PPL substation.

After widespread public concern about water, noise and wildlife, the Planning and Zoning Board approved a draft ordinance to regulate data centers — but amended it to allow conditional‑use permits only in planned industrial (MP) districts, not broadly across commercial or light industrial zones.

During the public hearing on Ordinance 80, speakers asked the board to study data‑center impacts, including a cited water‑use figure and the merits of a moratorium; planning staff said the temporary moratorium was to allow drafting of ordinances.