Cleveland City Council Advances Three-Month Pause on New, Standalone Data Center Projects

City of Cleveland looks to pass data center moratorium

The City of Cleveland's Utilities Committee heard from proponents and opponents of hyper-scale data centers.

Cleveland City Council advances three-month pause on new, standalone data center projects

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Cleveland takes next step toward data center moratorium

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland officials moved forward with a plan to pause data center construction for a short period of time.

Cleveland 3-month data center pause heads to City Council vote

Cleveland will likely hit pause on new data centers while the city draws up rules for the computing facilities at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom.  A City Council committee advanced a three-month moratorium after a hearing on Thursday that lasted a little more than two hours. The full council could pass the legislation as soon as its July 15 meeting.  The city wasn’t offering a firm yes or no to data centers in advancing the morato…