Monterey Park Residents Could Approve Permanent Ban on Data Centers
The measure would prohibit data centers citywide unless voters later approve another change, after residents raised concerns about air, water and power impacts.
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Monterey Park Residents Could Approve Permanent Ban on Data Centers
Monterey Park residents today become the first voters in the nation to decide whether to permanently ban data centers within their city. Measure NDC would prohibit all future data center development in Monterey Park if approved by voters. Any effort to reverse the ban would require another citywide vote. The measure comes in response to a proposal announced in 2024 for a 247,000-square-foot data center near a residential neighborhood. Since then…
The proliferation of data centres on American soil is causing the anger of millions of people, who demand that these polluting and energy-efficient infrastructures be regulated. On 2 June 2026, the inhabitants of Monterey Park, near Los Angeles, will be the first in the country to vote in referendum on their ban.
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