St. Louis considers data center regulations
St. Louis is currently considering how to regulate data centers, which are emerging as a new type of industrial neighbor. An opinion piece highlights that these regulatory decisions will test the community's health decisions. The discussion also touches on an Ameren Missouri electric substation and a proposed data center in a former warehouse.
An opinion piece on STLtoday.com by Dr. Angela N. Mott, founder of Commyn, a health-equity and community-level research initiative, addresses St. Louis's ongoing consideration of how to regulate data centers. The city faces decisions on how to manage these new industrial neighbors, with a specific data center proposed for the former Famous Barr warehouse building in Midtown, adjacent to an Ameren Missouri electric substation.
The author suggests that these regulatory choices will be a crucial test of the community's approach to health decisions. The article also briefly mentions that Missouri officials were aware in December that the legality of a certain referendum could have broader implications, though the specific connection to data center regulation is not fully detailed in the provided excerpt.