Cities may not have power to totally stop new data centers

Name: Cities may not have power to totally stop new data centers
Uploaded: 2026-09-16T03:27:25.000Z
Duration: 2 min 6 s
Description: Charlotte city leaders are exploring their legal authority to regulate future data center development. This comes as residents express concerns about the potential impact of these large facilities on their communities.

News Clip2:06WCNC·Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC·9/16/2026

Charlotte city leaders are exploring their legal authority to regulate future data center development. This comes as residents express concerns about the potential impact of these large facilities on their communities.

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Gov: Charlotte City Government

As Charlotte considers how to regulate future data center development, residents are asking questions about what the massive facilities could mean for their communities.

But there is another question city leaders are now working to answer: what does Charlotte actually have the power to change?

Read more: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/community/data-centers/what-can-charlotte-actually-control-when-it-comes-to-data-centers/275-d21112be-17cd-45b5-a89c-00ae260940d6