LA-area city sees first voter-approved measure to ban data centers
The measure passed with 86% support, giving residents permanent control over future data center projects after months of protests over water, power and pollution.
- On Wednesday, Monterey Park voters resoundingly approved Measure NDC, banning data centers citywide with about 86% of ballots in favor, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
- The initiative followed intense community organizing against a proposed 250,000-square-foot "hyperscale data center," as residents formed groups like No Data Center Monterey Park to protest electricity usage, noise, and air pollution.
- Monterey Park is believed to be the first city in the nation to implement a data center ban through a ballot measure, with the permanent ordinance preventing future councils from overturning the prohibition without another vote.
- Mayor Elizabeth Yang confirmed in April that HMC StratCap withdrew its application and would not contest the ballot measure, though the Data Center Coalition expressed disappointment regarding the vote's impact.
- Activists Amy Wong and Steven Kung are now targeting data center projects in neighboring areas, including the City of Industry, while state policy director Khara Boender criticized the ban for depriving the region of long-term economic investment.
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California City Bans Data Centers
Monterey Park, California, has banned the development of data centers. “We had a victory landslide,” said Steven Kung, who co-founded the group “No Data Center Monterey Park.” He told ABC 7, “The noise solution, the air pollution, the rise in the electricity rates, the deal just didn’t make sense and it doesn’t make sense for most, if not all, cities data centers go to.” The ballot measure asked residents, “Shall the ordinance amending the City …
California City Appears To Be First In Country To Ban Data Centers Entirely * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
A city near Los Angeles appears to be the first in the nation to approve an all-out ban on data centers. On Tuesday, approximately 86 percent of voters in Monterey Park, a city of 60,000 people about 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, voted to prohibit data centers. According to The Hill, the measure declares a prohibition on data centers citywide to “protect air quality, drinking water resources and public health” and “prevent impacts to el…
California City Votes To Ban Data Centers In Landmark Measure
Voters in Monterey Park, California, have overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning data centers throughout the city, creating what is believed to be the first voter-enacted prohibition of its kind in the United States. Measure NDC received support from roughly 86% of voters, according to election results. The initiative emerged after a grassroots campaign opposing a proposed 250,000-square-foot hyperscale data center. Community groups ar…
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