Data center moratorium petition heads to Lubbock City Council
A petition for an 18-month moratorium on hyperscale data center development in Lubbock has gathered enough signatures and will now go before the Lubbock City Council. The effort was led by Steven Sanders, founder of Citizens of Lubbock Against Data Centers.
A petition advocating for an 18-month moratorium on hyperscale data center development in Lubbock is set to be presented to the Lubbock City Council. Steven Sanders, founder of the group Citizens of Lubbock Against Data Centers, announced that approximately 3,000 signatures in support of the moratorium have been validated by the City Secretary.
This initiative seeks to temporarily halt new data center construction within Lubbock city limits. The petition will be a key agenda item at the City Council's next regular meeting, scheduled for the upcoming Tuesday.