Pensacola passes one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers as debate grows

PENSACOLA Fla. -- The debate over data centers is growing, and local governments are taking steps to regulate the development before any are even built. Cheers rang out as Pensacola City Council passed a temporary one-year ban on large-scale data centers. "I feel like a moratorium is the right step to take," Pensacola City Council Member Charles Bare said. Regulating the development of data centers. It's a conversation happening between local government leaders across Northwest Florida. #pensacola #florida #datacenters _________________________________________ Follow WEAR on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weartv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weartv Twitter: https://twitter.com/weartv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weartv/ Newsletter sign-up: https://weartv.com/sign-up Have a tip? Email us at news@weartv.com Have a video or photo you want to share? Upload it to https://weartv.com/chimein WEAR is a FL based station and an ABC Television affiliate and NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates. #weartv #florida #localnews #abc3 #pensacola #floridanews