Mattoon City Council passes moratorium on data center development

Mattoon City Council passes moratorium on data center development

The Mattoon City Council unanimously passed a year-long pause on large-scale data center development at its meeting Sept. 1. The resolution passed with a 5-0 vote, and the pause — also known as a moratorium — is set to automatically renew every year unless a resolution is passed to end it, in which case it...