A growing movement across the country aims to restrict data center developments because of fears about their use of energy, water consumption, and noise pollution.
The suburban city of Aurora, Illinois, west of Chicago, has recently imposed some of the country’s strictest restrictions on data centers, requiring developers to comply with new zoning requirements, energy use rules, water consumption limits, and noise standards.
“We’re setting this example. We’re taking a leadership role,” Aurora Mayor John Laesch told the Washington Examiner.
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“I think municipalities can cut and paste what we’ve done into legislation as they wait for the states to act … if those municipalities want to have the best interest of the residents in mind,” he added.
A nationwide phenomenon
Aurora’s government is far from the only one trying to put rules on data centers, or ban them altogether.
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