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Locals are challenging a million-square-foot data center that would be the biggest in California
County supervisors imposed a 45-day moratorium as residents and city leaders pressed for stricter review of the nearly 1 million-square-foot project.
- Last week, the Imperial County board halted plans for the Imperial Data Center, declaring a 45-day moratorium on data centers and forming a public commission to advise on zoning policy following months of community backlash.
- Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC promises 2,500 construction jobs and 100 permanent jobs, yet residents and local leaders worry that public health, environmental, and economic costs to their rural community could outweigh those benefits.
- State Senator Steve Padilla introduced bills restricting data center development statewide, proposing to prohibit exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act, which requires developers to disclose project impacts and seek public input.
- Developer Sebastian Rucci filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the moratorium, while separately suing the Imperial Irrigation District for 260 million gallons of annual river water from 160 acres of farmland he purchased.
- Data centers are spreading to areas with overtapped water supplies, as Monterey Park became the first U.S. city to pass a moratorium on data centers earlier this month, reflecting broader statewide concerns over resource usage.
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This million-square-foot data center would be the biggest in the state. How local leaders are challenging it.
In April, developers of the massive Imperial Data Center cleared a major hurdle after Imperial County Supervisors approved a plan to combine several tracts of land for the nearly one-million-square-foot facility in rural Southern California.
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Locals are challenging a million-square-foot data center that would be the biggest in California
In April, developers of the massive Imperial Data Center cleared a major hurdle after Imperial County Supervisors approved a plan to combine several tracts of land for the nearly one-million-square-foot facility in rural Southern California.
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