Salem City Council Votes to Place Moratorium on Data Centers

Salem City Council votes to place moratorium on data centers

Salem City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 21 to place a moratorium on data centers in Salem.

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Salem City Council to hold public hearing on data center moratorium tonight at 6 p.m.

Salem city councilors will discuss and then vote to implement a moratorium on new data center projects in Salem on Monday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. at Loucks Auditorium at the Salem Public Library. The moratorium, if approved by the council, would last 120 days and would apply to all data centers that use more than two megawatts of power. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the report.