After Months of Public Outcry, Imperial Valley Cities Are Hitting the Brakes on Data Centers

Bannock County Commissioners talk more about placing 180-day emergency pause on Data Center permits

As potential data centers continue to dominate conversation in Eastern Idaho, the Bannock County Board of Commissioners enacted a temporary moratorium on Thursday, July 30, pausing acceptance of data center permit applications. The moratorium will last 180 days, completely stopping review on any data center proposals within county jurisdiction.

After months of public outcry, Imperial Valley cities are hitting the brakes on data centers

A growing patchwork of moratoriums and potential bans are taking shape across the valley — even as more plans for new data centers come to light.

Smithville Enacts 18-Month Moratorium on Data Centers - UCBJ - Upper Cumberland Business Journal

City Aldermen Give Final Approval to Ordinance Halting Data Center and Crypto Mining Permits (UCBJ) – According to a report by WJLE in Smithville, the Smithville Board of Aldermen has given final approval to an ordinance imposing an 18-month moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations within city limits. The delay will give city officials additional time to study…

Pass an emergency moratorium on AI data centers in Butte County cities/towns

We humbly request the City Council of Chico, Oroville, Biggs, Gridley and the Town of Paradise Town Council to adopt emergency ordinances to prevent AI data centers from being built due to the harm they can cause. The community is clear. We do not want AI data centers. I kept reading stories from other towns and thinking: that could happen here, and we wouldn't hear about it until it was done. …